General vehicle thread

[brutal]

Spent a day figuring out pn for front cv boots. Dude at ecs kept insisting its the non 'A' suffix pn. Finally found a knowledgable dude at the dealer. He said its the A suffix part. The non A suffix part is the rear boots. Same basic PN.
He also told me keep good care of inner boots, as some of those cv joints are no longer made and new ones require different output shafts. Wow. Good to know.

My guy gets them rebuilt somewhere.

[Erni]

My guy gets them rebuilt somewhere.

Probably should do that, except I am ocd about my cars. Plus I would be down a car for a few days. This should be a 4 hour job even for my slow but.

[brutal]

Probably should do that, except I am ocd about my cars. Plus I would be down a car for a few days. This should be a 4 hour job even for my slow but.

By "rebuilt" I think he still does core exchanges on them.

[brutal]

P.S.

Don't buy parts from 034, they don't stand behind any of their stuff.

[Irving]

Having some surprises with my CV axles as well.

[ray1970]

Having some surprises with my CV axles as well.

Maybe you could upgrade them with some Chrysler parts?

[Irving]

Just the inside cups are different shapes and I don't know of that is normal or not. I might check out some PT Cruisers at the junk yard this weekend though.

[Erni]

Just the inside cups are different shapes and I don't know of that is normal or not. I might check out some PT Cruisers at the junk yard this weekend though.

Yes. Outside is a swiveling ball bearing. Inside are bearings that slide inside the long cup to adjust for length. Inside and outside cups use different grease allegedly.

[Irving]

Those are both the inside ends.

[Erni]

Wierd. Mismatched set? Or Isuzu being stupid?