Talkin' CV-Joint Blues

[belizeanbus]

OK, all... here's one that should be easy for you. I'm almost sure I need a CV joint on my 92 Loyale. It makes a clicking sound, you can kind of feel it when you drive, and the boot closest to the tranny is torn.

 

I don't know much about axles, as you can see, so my question is... what do I need? I saw at 1stSubaruParts that they sell inner CV's, outer CV's and rebuilt axles. So, does a rebuilt axle include the CV's, or are these seperate? If the boot's torn on the tranny side, I'm guessing that's the inside CV... Once I get some feedback here and I'm ready to do the job, anyone have any other source for the parts, in order to compare prices...?

 

Thanks.

belizeanbus

[ShawnW]

So, does a rebuilt axle include the CV's, or are these seperate?

 

Yup, includes them. Thats what you need, the whole axle.

[bk2]

Yup, includes them. Thats what you need, the whole axle.

 

had same prob...outer....and replaced the whole axle.....good time to put in a sealed bearings too.... does everyone concure?

[MilesFox]

the inner side of the axle is called the DOJ (double offset joint) and it allows for the travel of the suspension.

 

when these go out you will feel it tug on the steering wheel upon acceleration or deceleration, the trasition between such

 

the inner side of the axle can be rebuilt yourself rather easily, and taking the axle out of hte knuckle side is not required.

 

what i would do is get a new boot kit, it will come with clamps and grease. take the axle aprt and clean out the grease and inspect for garring or chunks of metal. if everything looks good go ahead and reboot it with new grease, if it looks bad then get a whole axle

[northguy]

Nice Dylan allusion, by the way.