double carden cv joint
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ya it should be fine...although a lil overkill if your aren't lifted! I would stay with your standard driveline and mayve add shims to your rear axle if needed. it's a lil cheaper
hey pro- i believe they used to put cv joints in the EB's...I know when i was cleaning mine up for a build-up I had cv joints front and rear and that was from the factory!
-jason-
EDIT: do you mean replacing your standard driveline with a cv joint? or vice versa?
hey pro- i believe they used to put cv joints in the EB's...I know when i was cleaning mine up for a build-up I had cv joints front and rear and that was from the factory!
-jason-
EDIT: do you mean replacing your standard driveline with a cv joint? or vice versa?
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The CV is found mostly on Bronco's to make up for short drive lines. The one on my 79 Bronco I cut oujt and replaced it with a everyday joint and it holds up 10X better. Seems I was always blowing that joint. I did this as a quick fix one sunday when nothin open to get parts. I had a long Shaft laying around for something? that used the Same U-joint and Had a slip joint that fit the Rear flip on my bronco. We just cut the shaft down thedre it measured the same as my shaft with thbe CV then Welled the cap back on. By luck it balanced out and had no vibes. So i left it. But if you Lift your truck You'll need the CV to make up for angles. Thats only with suspension lift. You'll be fine without it. I sure have no means of going back to that PITA CV.
Left out I also rebuilt the Front Slide of my shaft with the CV to carry as a spare.
Left out I also rebuilt the Front Slide of my shaft with the CV to carry as a spare.
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a cv joint is not designed to run a steeper angle than a standard u-joint, the purpouse is to achive a constant velocity on the shaft when spinning, with a 2 u-joint design the angle on each end must cancel each other out. with a cv joint it has 2 joints to cancel each other out to achive a constant velocity, the axle is turned up to have the u-joint straight, you get less vibrations with a cv-joint but i dont think you get anymore angle with one
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Yes gentlemen, but we are talking about a double carden cv, which unless I'm misrembering is a diffrent bird altogether than what came on the broncs...and it can handle steep angles.
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a double cardan joint is what i have on my 78 bronco and it can not handle as steep of an angle as a standard u-jpint, the max angle for a u-joint is 30 degrees and a double cardan joint is 25 degrees if i remember right
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From what I've learned and seen, in stock form, a u-joint is capable of higher angles than a cv, and the cv's are used only to cancel vibrations because of different angles at each end of the driveshaft.
Now highly modified cv's are capable of operating at higher angles than most u-joints, and are often used just for this purpose.
Now highly modified cv's are capable of operating at higher angles than most u-joints, and are often used just for this purpose.
