Any HD CV axles for IFS????
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Any HD CV axles for IFS????
I was wondering if there was anywhere that makes upgraded CV axles for the IFS front end? I have looked but can not seem to find any?
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Send a PM to iamsuperbleeder. I think he recently redid his entire front end and if I remember correctly the CV's that he bought were larger than the ones that came on the rig.
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I think the main point of failure (beside's just old age and tearing boots), as in failure out on the trail, is the outter shaft with the splines that engage with the hub. Either that will shear off, or the flange on the diff that the inner poition of the CV bolts too will shear off the axel shaft It's been a while sence I've actually seen a CV-shaft have a catastrophic failure at the CV joint or at the intermediate shaft between the 2 joints, but it does happen
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Yeah bleeder I just wanted to push you under the bus there since you're the expert on IFS rebuilds nowadays.
Hows that front end treating you by the way? Does it feel tighter than it did before?
Hows that front end treating you by the way? Does it feel tighter than it did before?
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Probably one of the best things I've ever done with the truck
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and the typical upgrade is porsche inners with stock outers, and maybe a beefed half-shaft....
The factory outer joints are, IIRC, similar in design to birfields used on SAS and don't break often, but when they do, the stub shaft shears from the joint leaving the hub to do what it normally does- spin, but without 4wd.
The factory outer joints are, IIRC, similar in design to birfields used on SAS and don't break often, but when they do, the stub shaft shears from the joint leaving the hub to do what it normally does- spin, but without 4wd.
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Considering 1.5" BJ spacers can put the wheel (located at least an inch or two further out), at full droop, 2" below stock, then BJ spacers are enough to max out the angles?
Is that what you're saying Matt? Or, where are you measuring travel from?
Is that what you're saying Matt? Or, where are you measuring travel from?
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Frank (Elripster I think, on YT), the guy who makes BJ spacers, experimented with different height spacers and found that with 2" spacers, some stock axles were binding up (reached their max angle) meaning that 2" more droop caused the CVs to reach their max angle.
The problem with strengthening the CVs, is that you risk blowing the front diff when too much right foot is applied. The CVs act like a sacrificial link so that you do not blow the front diff. Replacing the CVs is do-able on the trail (chances are you or someone else will have a spare) in order to get you home, but how many people carry around a spare front diff?
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Frank (Elripster I think, on YT), the guy who makes BJ spacers, experimented with different height spacers and found that with 2" spacers, some stock axles were binding up (reached their max angle) meaning that 2" more droop caused the CVs to reach their max angle.
The problem with strengthening the CVs, is that you risk blowing the front diff when too much right foot is applied. The CVs act like a sacrificial link so that you do not blow the front diff. Replacing the CVs is do-able on the trail (chances are you or someone else will have a spare) in order to get you home, but how many people carry around a spare front diff?
The problem with strengthening the CVs, is that you risk blowing the front diff when too much right foot is applied. The CVs act like a sacrificial link so that you do not blow the front diff. Replacing the CVs is do-able on the trail (chances are you or someone else will have a spare) in order to get you home, but how many people carry around a spare front diff?
Downey also has higher angle CV boots. Has anyone tried those? Curious if they are worth the coin.
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