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CV maintenance

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CV maintenance

Post by Shorty40 »

I have a set of Longfield CVs that have been sitting in the shed on standby for ages waiting for my stock CVs to blow up :roll:

They now have surface rust all over them and basically look pretty crap :?

Any tips for cleaning them up and storing them ?

Does this sound ok ?

- Degrease them
- Wash them (in what ? degreaser, metho, kero ?)
- Light sand (wet and dry to remove rust)
- Grease the cage (and the whole outer)
- Wrap them up (plastic or cloth ?)
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Post by 460cixy »

how bad is the rust? shut thats hardend is normaly fucked when rust sets in. well that what happens to crown wheels and pinions
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Re: CV maintenance

Post by redzook »

Shorty40 wrote:I have a set of Longfield CVs that have been sitting in the shed on standby for ages waiting for my stock CVs to blow up :roll:

They now have surface rust all over them and basically look pretty crap :?

Any tips for cleaning them up and storing them ?

Does this sound ok ?

- Degrease them
- Wash them (in what ? degreaser, metho, kero ?)
- Light sand (wet and dry to remove rust)
- Grease the cage (and the whole outer)
- Wrap them up (plastic or cloth ?)
chuck them in and wheel it

thats all i do
and make sure there is plenty of grease in them


i dunno how but today i grenaded a hub with stock cv
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Post by Shorty40 »

460 - looks like surface rust - nothing too serious. I just want to try to keep them in good nick til I need them.

Timmy - I dont want to change the CVs unless I have to ;) But maybe the stockers could be the spares and use the Longs. The stockers have held up to a few Berridale trips and 3 minutes of PUOSU :lol:
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Post by RUFF »

Dan if you are currently getting the knuckles rotated on your front diff then now is the time to fit these as they should allready have your CVs out to do the rotation. I wouldnt wait till the stock ones break. I would keep the stockers for spares.
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Post by Shorty40 »

RUFF wrote:Dan if you are currently getting the knuckles rotated on your front diff then now is the time to fit these as they should allready have your CVs out to do the rotation. I wouldnt wait till the stock ones break. I would keep the stockers for spares.
I didn't even think about it at the time when I dropped the buggy off :?

Might be time for a run up to Suziworx :oops:
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