Cv joints done!

[markmac]

I re-did mine a few months back. Never heard of 'clocking' in any of the articles I read....(unfortunately).  Don't have a factory manual any longer.  I really do not want to take those sucka's apart.  Messy job and took more time than I had anticipated.

[TobyB]

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 they also drilled a hole through the center of the shaft for weight reduction and added strength. -KB

 

Having drilled holes through a lot of things, I have to say that any time I drill a hole, I create a LOT of stress raisers.

And the rotating mass at the center of a shaft is negligible.  The unsprung weight may not be, however.

 

Back to 'clocking'-  I DO get how a Rzeppa cage and center need to be aligned if it's a non- parallel design.

 

Most Rzeppas have 6 balls, so if they're parallel, they repeat every 60 degrees, or non- parallel

at 120 in their motion.  So to be 'clocked' together as a pair, they're aligned?  Offset 30?

 

missing it, since they're 'constant',

 

t

2 pictures because when you're lost, you look for things on the internet.  Here are inner (parallel, with plunge)

and outer (non- parallel, can't plunge)

And the third one should be obvious...

[PaulTWinterton]

Just now, markmac said:

I really do not want to take those sucka's apart.  Messy job and took more time than I had anticipated.

 

Don't worry about it.  It's really only a concern on dune buggies and other off-road vehicles AFAIK.

[E60coyote]

@Buckeye What did I install backwards??  A little more info would be helpful.  I thought I installed everything exactly as they came apart but who knows if that was correct...

[kbmb02]

46 minutes ago, TobyB said:

Having drilled holes through a lot of things, I have to say that any time I drill a hole, I create a LOT of stress raisers.

And the rotating mass at the center of a shaft is negligible.  The unsprung weight may not be, however.

 

Such things are beyond my pay grade. I know they were obsessed with weight reduction, as evidenced by the leftover titanium suspension bits and engine case bolts, etc, floating around the shop. I get to hear some interesting stories about those days of racing. -KB

[Buckeye]

8 minutes ago, E60coyote said:

A little more info would be helpful.

 

 

[E60coyote]

Ah yes.  I noticed that in the schematic and in the Haynes manual too. Before I put it back together I searched many pictures on this forum and saw most have the bolts installed from the top and since it came apart that way, I went with it. 

[chargin]

48 minutes ago, E60coyote said:

 I noticed that in the schematic and in the Haynes manual too. Before I put it back together I searched many pictures on this forum and saw most have the bolts installed from the top and since it came apart that way, I went with it. 

 

 

 Mine was this way as well

[tomphot]

1 hour ago, E60coyote said:

Ah yes.  I noticed that in the schematic and in the Haynes manual too. Before I put it back together I searched many pictures on this forum and saw most have the bolts installed from the top and since it came apart that way, I went with it. 

 

Same here - was also thinking that if for some reason the nuts came loose, you would see it - not so much with the nuts on the top.  Would love to know if there is a good reason for nuts on top.

[Son of Marty]

I can't see a mechanical reason for those fasteners to be directional, it probably has to do with the way the parts were laid out when they built the sub-assembly, I don't know for sure but I'd bet just about anything they mounted the rear sub assembly whole.

[golf02]

I think they put the nuts on top so they rust to the bolts over time, poor mans locktite.

generally I put the nuts up on all suspension fasteners as the are less likely to be damaged by driving over debris Or bent by bottoming out. A bolt head just scrapes, a threaded section bends over the nut and is a ton of fun to remove.

[TobyB]

I use threaded rod so I can have nuts on both ends...

 

"differential studs"- 

 

'I used studs on my head'

'did you use them on the diff, too?'

 

heh

 

t

 

Edited May 28, 2020 by TobyB

[Guest_anonymous]

2 minutes ago, TobyB said:

I use threaded rod so I can have nuts on both ends...

 

heh

 

t

 

Did you just invite Ray to this conversation?

[Mark92131]

On 5/26/2020 at 7:11 PM, Buckeye said:

Very nice! May I suggest replacing those shitty clamps with this. Ask me why and believe me I am not affiliated with BELMETRIC.

 

Buckeye:

 

Do you need a special tool to snug those Pirate CV Clamps?

 

Mark92131

[iinca]

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