CVJ Lifted CV Axle or NAPA Extended CV Axle

Need to replace my CV axles on my 2020 soon. Has anyone had any experience with either of these two CV axles?

The CVJ is a remanufactured OEM and its about $330 + $175 core but it requires me to send in my old axles and if theyre in acceptable condition then I get the core deposit back.

The NAPA are $320 and dont require sending back the originals so I can keep them and rebuild them if they are in good enough condition. They also claim they are for lifted applications, which I hope will help prevent future boot tearing. Im just worried theyre not as good as the CVJ OEM refurbs.

If anyone has any insight lemme know.

Thanks!

 

Your instincts are good. Just pony up for the CVJs and be done with it unless you like changing out CVs. Or just get new/reman OEM and do the boot slide mod.

 

I did the boot slide mod, did not help in my case unfortunately. You have any experience or know anything about the NAPA CVs? The thing that makes me want to get them is the fact they say they are designed for lifted applications. Other than that OEM would be preferred

 

Nah, no personal experience with the Napa CVs

 

So I have a messed up issue. With my current suspension set up at full droop, I am literally pulling the tulip bearings out of the inner cup and destroying cv's. I tried putting my sway bar back in to limit droop and it's still an issue. Does anyone have dimensions of the extended travel CVS from Napa? It looks like I need at least another inch of axle or an inch of inner cup. Not trying to spend our RCV money at this time

 

Do you have limiting straps for your lower control arms? If you're allowing that much droop, you're likely also maxing out the swing in your ball joints and putting those under a lot of extra stress.

 

Limit straps are ordered, after pulling measurements I've only got 2"of down travel with no moment. Planning on setting 8" straps to 1" of down travel expecting them to stretch another half inch. But even at one inch of droop I can still feel the tulip bearings coming out of the cup on the inner CV. Ball joints are a constant problem. But I don't mind changing them once or twice a year.