Long Travel BS Thread

that would be awesome! i'm about to yank some out of a junk yard and rebuild them to have some reliable spares to bring wheeling. never rebuilt a cv before, so even just some pictures of what to expect would be fantastic.

 

Alright Well once I order some stock half shafts from the auto parts store I'll start a thread. Just wanted to see if there was enough interest to do one because write ups take forever to make.

Colin - The key with CVs is take your time, Don't get dirt in them, and Use good grease that has graphite in it.

 

see, i already learned something. i was just going to use regular syn grease with no graphite. i learned my lesson about taking my time and cleanliness the first time i ded u-joints luckily it was on someone elses vehicle

 

This is what we use on The 5/1600 car. We tried cheap grease and it screwed a set of CVs up so we stuck with just using the good stuff lol

http://www.superduty-hq.com/speedunlimitedcvgrease.aspx

here are a few more options
http://www.kartek.com/product/DriveTrain/CVGrease.html

 

good stuff. two tubes enough to rebuild 2 CVs?

 

i would also like a write up!

 

i hear ya. i always get extra. i've had to ride my bicycle to the parts store with the truck up on stands too many times.

 

Looks good Logan.

 

a cv write-up would be great! Ive rebuilt axles on my old honda, built a motor that was supposed to make about 240whp, dropped it in the car with the stock axles, pulled out the drive way headed to the dyno, got on it a little in 2nd and completely shattered all three bearings in both axles!! haha! wonder if its about the same, i would guess so, like you said amaes, watch the debris! I learned that when i pulled them back out a few hundred miles later and the bearings where trashed

 

Just a heads up guys I'm pretty sure 1st gen CVs are a different style then second gen but not 100% on that

 

Cv?

 

your front axles

 

Yes, same principle though. This is a vid of how to get them apart without a press. I didn't know this when I installed my 300M axles and ended up cutting the stock shaft, flipping the CV joint and removing the ball bearings that way. Also if you buy the boot kit from Toyota it comes with grease.
http://vimeo.com/3089355

 

that's really cool. wonder how many times he's done that to make it look so easy

 

damn those 37's look sexy! i rub my inner fenders with 35's though? and i have a chaos kit same as you do. did you remove the inner fender to clear those? it looks awesome!

 

snap!

http://www.dezertrangers.com/vb/trucks-buggies/143554.htm

 

Nelson, is it a pain to put fox rear bump stops in? could i install them now and still keep them in the same spot in case i wanted rear long travel?

 

nelson and joey, i just got some generals, what psi do you guys run them at? im currently at 35 all around




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