CV Axles

Does anybody know where I can buy good quality cv axles?

 

Not tryna be a dink here, but use the search function. Tons of discussions about the different options based on how you use your truck, what your pricepoint is, etc. Especially in the 1st gen threads

 

if you want and can afford it, new oem is best


if not, second best seems to be: https://www.cvjreman.com/

 

Nothing beats OEM but brand new OEM for our 1st gens are like $800 for a pair.

You can get remanufactured OEM CV axles from most larger dealerships, I got mine recently for $200 each. If you have cores (old OEM ones you can give them in return) you'll get like $70 back per axle

 

RCV Would be better than OEM if you are extreme on them. OEM is great, Napa remans seem to be decent imo and worked for me for a year on 33s before I went to a solid axle.

 

Do you think dealerships Would take broken ones

 

I like asking questions and getting answers lol

 

Rcv is really expensive. I heard rough country is coming with some new cv axles.

 

Yeah doesn't matter if they're broken, they just want them so they can rebuild them and sell them as more remans.

 

Just go get some Napa or parts store stuff if you want cheap and aren't wearing them out.

 

I don’t want cheap but I also don’t want super expensive.

 

No kidding. Just might check that out.

 

As far as aftermarket parts store CV axles go, Napa is generally considered to be the best quality. Most of those Chinese CV axles come from the same 1 or 2 factories over there so it's not like there's that much difference in them. IMO the quality of the boot material is worth looking into, that's one of the bigger advantages to the more expensive axles. The really cheap ones use a crappy boot material that tears very easily.

 

yeah it's worth it IMO, after the core exchange the remanufactured OEM axles come out to be about $130 each which is a really good deal for a rebuilt OEM axle with quality Toyota boots on it.

I got my reman OEMs from Long Beach Toyota in SoCal for what it's worth

Rather than having a green sticker on the shaft like new OEM ones have, they have the Toyota logo sticker wrapped around them.



Make sure you specify ADD or manual hub, because their website didn't and they sent me a manual hub axle the first time that I had to send back.

 

Thanks for the info Man. Definitely going to try this.

 

Definitely will check out Napa

 

Gonna give Remans a try next I think. Just don’t buy CVJ. They blow. Figuratively and literally

 

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Where'd you get those stickers? I need those lol

 

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