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Robb Sundmaker (Robb)
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 12:29 pm: | 
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When climbing up steep inclines my front tires quit spinning and I hear a few sounds. The sounds are clicking/clunking type sounds.
I talked to a friend and he said it was probably CV joints.
My questions to everyone are (Please keep in mind that I am clueless):
1. How many CV joints are on each axle?
2. I always thought that the axle ran from one tire to the other but after hearing people talk about breaking axles I am thinking that there is an axle from each tire to the differential therefore there are two axles in the front and two in the back. Is this correct?
3. What should I do to determine that the problems on incline are definitely CV joints?
4. If it is CV joints, should I upgrade my CV joints or just get replacements? In the future I do want to upgrade my axles.
5. Who should I buy my CV joints from?
Thanks again for all the help and hope my clueless questions provided a laugh for some.
Robb Sundmaker |
Bill Bettridge (Billb)
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 01:51 pm: |
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HaHaHaHaHaHaHa - sorry couldn't resist based on your last line, but really:
1) Front axle has a CV jointed axle on each side - this allows you to turn corners. Rear has two axles - but straight (no CV's)
2) see #1
3) It's not a big job really to pull CV's to inspect - remove wheel, caliper, rotor and hub, stub axle and there you go CV joint is next.
4) Unless you have some much larger tires, lockers and like the go pedal alot - stick with stock replacements. Alternately you could have a stock CV "longfielded" to make it very durable. Otherwise the GBR alternatives are very very $$$$
5) I'll leave that to others to answer, they probably know better for - though I'd try Nathan or Dap for stock items.
Bill |
Paul T. Schram (Paulschram)
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 02:05 pm: |
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Bill is right on top of it!
Best pricing is Mansfield Motors.
To check your CV joints without disassembling, park on a steep incline. Place in park. If the truck rolls backward accompanied by a clicking sound, you need CV joints.
Unless the CV joint is badly damaged, a visual inspection might not show much, however, if you open up your front axle and find chunks missing from the star or cage, you're in for trouble. Same if you find chunks missing from any of the internal parts.
I have seen them so bad that the parts tore up one of the stub axle bolts so badly that upon removal, it pulled most of the threads out!
Alan Dobbs has a pretty good write-up at www.yellowdefender.com.
Paul |
alhang
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 02:06 pm: |
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east coast rover and cv unlimited have new axle setups for rovers now that are "affordably" priced. i'd look into those for an easy upgrade. |
Robb Sundmaker (Robb)
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 10:06 pm: |
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Thanks Bill, Paul and Al. I appreciate all the help! |
Brian Friend (Brianfriend)
| | Posted on Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 01:01 pm: |
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Robb,
It might be as simple as your cdl not being completely engaged. I am assuming a d1. Although on a uphill climb if your cdl is not engaged power will usually go to the front wheels but not always. |
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