Who's replaced the front drivers side axle?
As some of you may have read I am having some issues with my front CV's, as well as a noise at highway speed. The mechanic took the front CV apart and found that the inner cup (I'm still not sure on all the terminology here) is pretty scared up due to my CV boot failing and all kinds of junk getting in there. I am looking to replace the axle on that side and thanks to Billy (Triathlete) I have gotten a couple of part numbers for the Empi half shafts that are for sale around the net ( http://www.amazon.com/Empi-Constant-.../dp/B000JZFP9C ), but it seems like I am going to need the "long" axle on the drivers side that fit's into the housing and connects to the third member. The link above shows a 24" total axle length, but I'm hearing that I need something that is closer to 48" total length. Has anyone ever replaced that? Does anyone know a part number for it? Deermagnet, you always have crazy stuff stored away somewhere; any clue?
Right now we are going to send the axle out to a place in Denver who is going to take a look at it to see if they can just rebuild the CV instead of trying to replace the whole thing.
I just want to have as much info as I can so I can make an informed decision about what is best for my baby using what limited funds I have.
Thanks for the input y'all.
Last edited by MSHardeman : 10/18/2010 at 08:42 AM
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