CV Joints, Where to buy???? |
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CV Joints, Where to buy???? |
jPs |
Sep 26 2004, 10:44 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 17-August 04 From: Austin, Texas Member No.: 2,554 |
Hi all,
Where's the best place to buy the decent quality CV Joints at the best price? My pass. side started popping about a week ago and knew I probably needed replacements but on a short cruise this morning that all got reinforced as the pass side (tire side) broke. After jacking up the teener and starting to take out the half shaft the transmission side balls and cage just feel to the concrete. So it appears I need both ends and guess I just as well replace the drivers side while I'm going through the process. A VW friend told me he got an entire replacement 1/2 shaft for only about $30 more than him ordering just the CV's when his went out in his VW truck. I know mines type IV but there's not a whole lotta places locally that stock this stuff so any parts houses that you can recommend are appreciated and will any VW 1/2's work? |
jPs |
Sep 28 2004, 09:50 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 17-August 04 From: Austin, Texas Member No.: 2,554 |
Well I spent a lot of time yesterday trying to find replacement halfshafts and you can pretty much kiss that idea goodbye. I called every major flaps along with most every online or speciality parts place I could find or think of. Short story is if you're willing to pay $400+ you can get shafts that still will take a few days to get to you or the other option was to send your shafts out to have them refurb'd and average price is around $150 not including all the shipping charge. My teener is my daily driver right now as the suburban needs a new tranny and so I don't really have the option on waiting for them to be R&R'd.
736conver (Brian) here on the bbs contacted me as he refurbs and sells these on evilbay. The price was reasonable and he could ship right away so now I've placed an order with him. Overall I think it's a pretty sad state of affairs for replacement halfshafts out in the marketplace. One interesting place I stumbled up was these folks: http://www.cvcoupling.com/index.html I've contacted them to see if they've a manufacture working on this product as it seems like a pretty interesting development in replacement for lobro cv joints...but I digress. jPs |
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