Are having your CV sacraficial better than chromoly

Post by **31zook** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:56 pm

Ive got 33s on the way (i have a front auto locker in mind) and been thinking about getting chromoly longfeilds/spidertracks CVs. But is having your CVs as the weak link a good idea. What is normaly the next item to break. Ive done a rear side gear on standard axles, is ths what goes in the rear normaly?

Im not going to lie like the rest. No i didn't do a google or forums search

Josh haha

Post by **lay80n** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:54 am

The next item in line after you upgrade your CV's is either the hub or the centre. Possibly drive line uni's. You may still break CV's even, but chances are it will be something else. What breaks can often come down to maintenance etc. E.G. a uni will be more likley to break if its not lubed etc. usually in the rear you break the axle, i have seen more axles broken than side gears.

Layto....

Post by **31zook** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:40 am

Ive heard of CVs being cheaper to buy then the next item to break... Just dont want to pay big bucks for a set then extra for all the other weak links...

Josh

Post by **bazooked** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:14 am

you will blow your auto locker

, i ran arbs for years and ran jt2s 33s , no dramas with front end only breakn rear axles.

Post by **31zook** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:21 am

bazooked, did you hav chromos front and rear?

Josh

Post by **lump_a_charcoal** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:12 pm

hub fuses?

Post by **31zook** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:11 pm

lump_a_charcoal wrote:hub fuses?

Is that were the hub fuses together, or is it a little piece that is cheap and breaks before expencive bit do...

Josh

Post by **lump_a_charcoal** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:54 pm

They are made by Warn, and are sacrificial, but I'm not sure what they protect...

http://www.gowarn.com/hub-fuse.asp

Post by **bazooked** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:04 am

31zook wrote:bazooked, did you hav chromos front and rear?

Josh

yes i did, both with arbs, i broke 2 rear axles, calmini ones, i found they were to brittle, just ended up using stock axles in the rear.

Post by **31zook** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:46 am

So stick to standard axles? is that what ur hinting at?

Josh

Post by **11_evl** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:06 am

PS i have had no problems since going hilux diffs. cv.s or rear axles. but we are not talking hilux

Post by **lay80n** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:51 am

lump_a_charcoal wrote:They are made by Warn, and are sacrificial, but I'm not sure what they protect...

http://www.gowarn.com/hub-fuse.asp

Problem with blowing hubs is that they often screw the outer axle xpline up, making it useless.

Layto....

Post by **31zook** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:01 pm

those hub fuses look the goods

does anyone know were to get em from?

Josh

Post by **lump_a_charcoal** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:20 pm

Warn?

Post by **Gwagensteve** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:38 pm

With a well maintained car, I don't think anything is really likely to break. Bear in mind that the front R&P, unis, bearings etc are all the same size as the rear.

The crush sleeve collapsing will lead to R&P failure. I don't think the R&P is weak if it's properly set up and the bearing preload is correct.

It seems the US guys are giving their DT's heaps with up to 36's and the front ends are holding up.

I've changed too many CV's on the side of the track to think it's a smart idea to make them the "weak link" I'd much rather have traction as the weak link.

Steve.

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