The clicking people hear is the ball(s) traveling in the slots in the tulip and the star, AND hitting a worn or damaged area in there path...either a compression in the tulip or a crack in the star will cause this...

It is NOT the axle bar binding on the side of the tulip.

Did you have a diff drop when you had this lift???

Some CVs allow the axle bar to slip inside the star for more movement...this eliminates the need for the center slip yoke you speak of...

Quote Originally Posted by Ascinder View Post
Yeah, from a weight distribution standpoint, it will certainly reduce breakages, but kind of what I was referring to is that generally when people start putting performance oriented stuff like this in, the tendency is to lift as well, they kind of go hand in hand. I know when mine was lifted pretty high like that, the cvs were seeing some pretty steep angles. When that happens you get a lot of end-range play. What I mean is that the balls and cups are sitting where they are not used to being and at the limits of their allowable travel I think that's where a lot of people are hearing the clicking. If you envision the insides of a cv at a high angle, the cages are also at an angle and so every time the shaft turns one revolution, the balls must travel all the way back and forth in the cup. I think this is the clicking people hear. Obviously all this travel is going to cause more wear and tear vs stock which only travel a small amount and then only when there's any suspension travel. That's the reason I was interested in the cvs that have a splints center shaft that allows them to self lengthen and shorten. It would take away some of the forces present when the suspension cycles. And instead of bottoming out the cages in the cups, would let them ride where they're most "comfortable".


P.S.: 1000th post ftw!!