too much play in cvs?

new2zukes · Post by **new2zukes** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 7:00 pm

hi well ive found that there is a clunking noise coming from the front diff area and have narrowed it down to the cvs as its the only thing thats got any decent play in it. so my question is how much play is too much in a cv ? should a cv move at all when you hold one end of the axle then try and twist the cv back and forth.
when i have my transfercase in 2wd and hubs engaged and i turn the front drive shaft by hand there is about 1/8th of a turn before it engages the drive on the wheels. any help on this would be greatly appreciated thanks

Smurf · Post by **Smurf** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:37 pm

CVs are splined so there shouldn't be any movement, sounds more like freeplay in your diffhead

new2zukes · Post by **new2zukes** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:51 pm

nope, i may have not made myself clear enough here i have taken the cvs out and they are sitting in the vice it is not the spline on the cvs which has play it is the ball bearings and the other piece that sits in between the balls and the axle. there are very small chips on the bit which has the spline on it but the chips are located right next to the balls. one of the cvs has very small amount of movement but one has more than the other about 3times as much if you look at the cv outer shell and you watch how far it moves it would probably move about 2mm. thanks for your reply anyways.

Smurf · Post by **Smurf** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:20 pm

ok, that makes more sense, in your first post you mentioned turning the driveshaft so it sounded like freeplay in the diff head.
As for the CV, I wouldn't know. Sorry

Jungle · Post by **Jungle** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:49 am

They are stuffed.

Time for new CV's or second hand jobbies. What is the vehicle?

G

wjw · Post by **wjw** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:12 am

I've got some new prado cvs I need to sell :-)

new2zukes · Post by **new2zukes** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:57 pm

they are from a hilux, have a m8 with lots of hilux parts so am going round there to pull a cv out some time this week. thanks for all your replys.

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:04 pm

Jungle
Post subject: Re: too much play in cvs?

They are stuffed.

Time for new CV's or second hand jobbies. What is the vehicle?

G

Cv's shouldnt have any rotational "play" that youd pick up with your hands.
They must have been clicking before they got to the clonking stage?

new2zukes · Post by **new2zukes** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:13 pm

nope no clicking no clonking just noticed it when i pulled the diff out.