Gerdo

OEM Toyota CV axles are probably the best.

I have heard that the GSPs from Advance can have a tendency to bind and not spin when drooped. This would cause catastrophic failure.

What is everyone's experiences of OEM and aftermarket CV Axles?

We all need to know!

Blue_petersen77

Why is it that when some one says "the good the bad and the ugly" about anything you usually only here about the bad and the ugly?

Gerdo

The good would be something like this...
"I have X brand and do level 8-9 trails and beat the daylights out of them and they don't break"

Yukon

My thread a few down about advance auto GSPs
They droop just fine!!

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f2/b...o-cv-s-209941/

ISFast

I just put in my GSPs and they seem just fine... also they look stronger than the OEM but looks can be wrong. Plus the fact they have a lifetime warranty is awesome without a core is better. Plus they replace each one with new so you are always getting a new one. So 160 total bucks for lifetime CV's always new can't beat that other than the labor.

Kerby J

i have the ones from autozone and ive gotten myself in some prety messy stuff on some trails and do moderate wheeling and have had no problems out of them and they have a lifetime waranty so if anything does break i just get a new one for free so you cant beat it also i have a prety significant angle on my cv's and that hasnt affected them either

FogRunner

Here is one for the "good" column.

I put a set of "master pro select" CV axles on the front of my runner several years ago. I run a 3" lift and I'm very hard of them and have yet to have any problems with them.

They are $70 a side and there is no core charge since they are brand new with a lifetime warranty.

As far as the "bad" column, pretty much any and all "rebuilt" or "re-manufactured" CV Axles. They maybe OK for normal use but they cannot hold up to the abuse of a lift and off road driving.]]


FOG

Mauzer

They carry the Master Pro Select CV's @ O'Reilly, I was gonna go GSP till I read Yukon's thread. Thanks to both of you for posting!

Gerdo

Well this week I saw 2 master pro CV axles break. One snapped at the CV a the other snapped at the end of the splines inside the intermetiate shaft inside the diff. I starting to believe that aftermarket axles are cheap Chinese steel that is poorly heat treated. The OE axles may be the only way to go.

The one that snapped at the splines I was two feet from. He was not not spinning the wheels, just powering smoothly up tip over challenge in Moab.

yotaman85

toyota shafts are the best for sure. I just don't like the clamped on boots. I usually cut the strap and use a zip-tie so the boot doesn't rip, it just slides off..

Mauzer

Bummer