Hobzee's CV's or something else??

Post by **brighty** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:16 am

I'm in need of a couple of GQ CV's as spares for upcoming comps. How good/strong are the ones Hobzee sells... or where could I pick some up that are of reasonable quality??

Just don't want to replace them and then have them self destruct straight away after putting them in.

And before anyones asks... I am VERY limited on budget at the moment, so can't afford to get CAL or Yuri cv's otherwise I'd be going in that direction!!

Post by **hobzees4wdshop** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:09 pm

g'day Brighty,

Our CV's are no stronger or weaker than a genuine cv as far as we can tell.

We don't warrant them for competition use. I don't know how much you can expect out of a $55 CV but out of the hundreds of units we have sold I have never heard of someone being unhappy with their purchase.

The fact that you can buy 3 of ours for the cost of the average second hand genuine cv makes ours fairly attractive.

Dan

Post by **brighty** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:14 pm

hobzees4wdshop wrote:g'day Brighty,

Our CV's are no stronger or weaker than a genuine cv as far as we can tell.

We don't warrant them for competition use. I don't know how much you can expect out of a $55 CV but out of the hundreds of units we have sold I have never heard of someone being unhappy with their purchase.

The fact that you can buy 3 of ours for the cost of the average second hand genuine cv makes ours fairly attractive.

Dan

Cheers Dan,

not knocking your product at all, was basically just after some feedback from guys who've maybe bought and used them in comps/hardcore 4wding and how they've stood up compared to say the standard NTN ones. Or maybe if there are others on the market out there also that would be a decent buy but reasonable quality too.

Post by **narnturbogq** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 4:05 pm

If you use the front locker sparingly and be careful with the way you drive, you can make them last. Be carefull though, if the bell breaks then the ball bearings and shrapnel can destroy the spline on the end of the axle.

I pit crew for a mate who has a production class gq, and he has broken two cal offroad cv's/axles, one at round 1, one at round 2 of the engel series, and through changing his driving style slightly, and when they use the locker, he has managed to make standard cv's last, without a breakage at ateco and saved a heap of coin at the same time. A cal cv costs $900, that equals 16.36 $55 dollar cvs.

Just a tip, make sure you you get yourself a big magnet on a teloscopic rod, as you will need it to get all the shrapnel out of the knuckle hub, and take heaps of rags, i actually use heavy rubber gloves, because the diff oil gets into the knuckle when the cv lets go, and mixes with razor sharp metal.

Good luck

Post by **on4tou** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 4:42 pm

i have one on the driver side have not smash it yet been there for about 2years now i run GQ TD4.2 intercooled with 35 in the dry and 36 tsl in the wet with front locker in that time i have smash 2 Lhs one . one of the best $50 i have spent
steve

Post by **scuba steve 22** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 5:22 pm

im happy with my hobzees cv, bear in mind i dont do comps and i dont have a locka in front.
but i have given it a flogging
hope it helps,

cheers steve

Post by **80's_delirious** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:04 pm

The pic below is of a CV from Hobzee.

Not a crack at Hobzee at all. Horses for courses I guess.

I would be interested to know where these are manufactured?

I have been told by lots of people since to insist on Japanese aftermarket or genuine, or cough up the coin for Longfeilds.

This was in a turbo diesel 80sreies, fully locked, running 35"muddies. It had seen moderate 4x4 use, some hard use but not super hardcore stuff, over about 18months.
I dont flog the hell out of my truck, tend to mostly crawl stuff if I can.

I didnt bother complaining about it, I enjoy getting out in the bush, my car doesnt get wrapped in cotton wool (not flogged either) stuff breaks, I fix it, thats the way it is. If I can I will look for better replacement parts, no point complaining and getting a free replacement, the first one wasnt up to the task, why replace it with the same?
It also took out a few hundred bucks worth of associated parts when it blew, and did some minor damage to inner axle so I'm not in a hurry for a repeat.
I replaced it with japanese aftermarket, cant remember the brand, wasnt NTN, though it was basically the same price as NTN, roughly $300
I will change out the other side at some time too, hopefully before it breaks. the cost of damaged parts was more than NTN would have cost.

Post by **Willy Hilux** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:44 pm

Watch out for postage price. He is through the roof!!

Post by **big bundy** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:48 pm

Willy Hilux wrote:Watch out for postage price. He is through the roof!!

shop around for price's in general!

Post by **TUFFRANGIE** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:07 pm

Never broke one in the front of my supercharged shorty driven hard

Rob

Post by **gqpete** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:12 pm

my own experience years ago is to stick to factory cv's. alot of the mock up ones can be very britle. one set lasted me 1 bog hole. drove 150m into a track from home and first bog hole blew both short and longs. 35's stock 4.2 efi. britle axle snaps like the above pic.

cannot comment on hobzees gear as do not know where they are from.

Post by **Jaffa** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 5:55 pm

Willy Hilux wrote:Watch out for postage price. He is through the roof!!

$12.50 seems quite cheap to me?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/CV-joint-4x4-Nis ... 286.c0.m14

Post by **Willy Hilux** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:16 pm

He charged me $19 postage for 2 air pressure switches. These were ordered direct from his shop.

Then I found them on Ebay - on his Ebay shop and was offering free postage.

So how can he charge 2 different amounts for the same item??

This is what I find a rip off.

I know it is only $5.70 for a 500gram postage bag to send anywhere in Australia.

So $19 for something that weighs no more than 50gram is far from correct.

Get where I'm coming from now.

Post by **The_Wazza** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:58 pm

We sell genuine NTN (which is original equipment in the Nissans) GQ & GU Cv's and Axles, for just under $200... delivery is extra.

I also have about 6 cv's ...(no axles)...brand new, never used. We could do a deal on them, ( depends how many you're after)...just pm me.

Post by **Micka** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:36 pm

www.yuri4x4.com

Or put your thinking caps on and figure out how you can fit 30 spline Longfield CVs into your shitty Nissan swivels.

Post by **Guy** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:09 pm

Willy Hilux wrote:He charged me $19 postage for 2 air pressure switches. These were ordered direct from his shop.

Then I found them on Ebay - on his Ebay shop and was offering free postage.

So how can he charge 2 different amounts for the same item??

This is what I find a rip off.

I know it is only $5.70 for a 500gram postage bag to send anywhere in Australia.

So $19 for something that weighs no more than 50gram is far from correct.

Get where I'm coming from now.

Ahh yes . who would have guessed he is running a business and does it to make money ..

Post by **80lsy gq** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:58 am

http://www.bolsys.com.au/index.php?PCID ... imary&CDO=

price can be negotiated on that as well depending on what i have in stock atm

dave

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