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Change both drive shafts or just the one

  • 20-03-2012 5:08pm
    #1
    thenightrider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭


    Hi ive got a bad cv joint and the cv joint can not be changed only the whole shaft going to by the shft on ebay but i seen a set with the both near side and off side shafts is not that much more not sure how much more it will cost to get an extra shaft fitted.

    Is it worth it ? Are you better of to change both of them or just fix the broken one and leave the other one alone if its working ?


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  • #2
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,620 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Leave the other one alone if it's in good nick.
    Tires, brake pads, discs, suspension components, shocks, always in pairs, but drive shaft no need to.
    It's just extra labor cost for no good reason.
    If you can get two for the price of one you could consider it, but also consider that the other shaft might never break, then you have a drive shaft taking up space for no good reason.
    Drive shafts are not exactly things that should break on a regular basis, only ever exchanged two in 20 years.
    One broke because my suspension was under full load from breaking/accelerating and I hit a bad pothole.
    The other had a CV boot done, the mechanic dropped one of the balls from the bearing, just put it back together minus one steel ball, one week later, fubared.


  • #3
    deandean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,257 ✭✭✭deandean


    The replacement stuff is remanufactured/reconditioned, and while it's probably fine I hear it doesn't last as long. So change from OEM only if and when you have to.

    There'll be one CV joint that goes first because it angles tighter during a full lock turn. Which, depends on where the gearbox is. On my old Volvo the drivers side halfshaft is way shorter than the passengerside, and the former goes clickety-clickety first always. The passenger side never seems to wear out!


  • #4
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,620 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    deandean wrote: »
    The replacement stuff is remanufactured/reconditioned, and while it's probably fine I hear it doesn't last as long. So change from OEM only if and when you have to.

    There'll be one CV joint that goes first because it angles tighter during a full lock turn. Which, depends on where the gearbox is. On my old Volvo the drivers side halfshaft is way shorter than the passengerside, and the former goes clickety-clickety first always. The passenger side never seems to wear out!

    Also, in a lot of the cases the clickety-click sound comes when the CV boot has split some time ago and wasn't replaced in time.


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