hot-J

Installed one 2k ago. Running fine, and I've been beating the crap out of it.

CyCloNe!

^ what are you beating it with? a midget

hot-J

Hey, Midgets need love too.......

ibtisam.jawad

For those worried about angles ...
01-98-5084-B EMPI OFF-ROAD T-2 CV JOINT ONLY, 100mm, EACH $ 46.95
^ Max angle of 25 degrees

01-87-9469-B EMPI 930 CV JOINT ONLY, 108mm, EACH $ 51.95
01-87-9469-K EMPI 930 CV JOINT & BOOT KIT, 108mm, EACH $ 75.95
^ Max angle of 21 degrees - made for 930, if something can be done to adapt to the 108mm O.D. since 944s use 100mm O.D., if I'm not wrong

Plus many more options here... http://www.dansperformanceparts.com/...susp%20IRS.htm

Just found the above link on thesamba.org or something similar. Just copying someone else's research here for reference.

Turbodan

mine have been fine with about 6 or 7 hard trackdays at Mosport.

eclou

just ordered a pair. I killed my passenger side axle the last track outing. Heard a bang then something that sounded like a woodpecker. Found almost every bolt on the transaxle side of both axles was loose or out completely. Axle itself appears intact so probably the inner cage of the CV is toast. This is a great find BTW

shortyboy

What type of bolts do the axles come with?

hosrom_951

When you say, fits later models, doe sthis mean it will bolt right up to a '86 851?

refresh951

Yes

eclou

As an update I pulled both my axles last nite and inspected them to look for broken cages or wear. No obvious signs of problems and they articulated smoothly. The passenger transaxle side CV was almost bone dry though. I re-greased it and swapped the axles L to R to reverse the stress on the units. Went to the track today and my noise was gone for now

mikey_audiogeek

Hi, what's your thinking behind this?

(Back when I was crewing, our driveshafts were marked L and R so we couldn't fit them in the wrong side.)

My understanding is that driveshafts don't like stress reversals, it's usually considered best to keep them loaded the same way. Otherwise they fatigue more rapidly.

IIRC, Carroll Smith mentions this in "Engineer to Win".

Of course if CV's are more likely to fail than the shafts, that's another story!

Cheers,
Mike

eclou

I made the assumption that the noise I heard was due to binding in the CV, and that the wear would be early and not catastrophic - no visible signs. By reversing the torque I was hoping that the worn axle may have enough life left for 1 track session (today) without failing. I have already ordered new EMPI units. It worked for now

xschop

4340 alloy axles are less prone to the torque twist memory and can be flipped.

eclou

well I got mine and tried to install them today (EMPI). Mine is an early offset 86 and they don't fit. They are maybe 1/4" too wide in the axle to clear the mounting cups. I can attach the outer CV joints to the wheelside but the length of the actual axle will not clear the cup on the transaxle. It is a smidge too wide.

CyCloNe!

Robstah has them on his 86 951 early offset, maybe he has suggestions to help. I plan to get these myself this spring.