The last CV you'll ever need....maybe

[vt_maverick]

Are they owned by Alpine?

[RamAirZ]

I've gotten the same thing Tom

[VXorado]

Thanks for trying Tom, we'll see what happens. Obviously customer service isn't a big part of their business.

[tom4bren]

Are they owned by Alpine?

LOL ... mebbe.

They are definitely behind the times tho. Their website still lists Tone as the only distributor for their Isuzu products.

Thanks for trying Tom, we'll see what happens. Obviously customer service isn't a big part of their business.

I'm sure it's a different story if you're purchasing an existing product from them. If you're working with them on a new product, then ...

[tom4bren]

WooHoo!!!

I finally got ahold of Craig. He's going to track down Sean & have him give me a call.



Don't hold your breath ... I'm not.

[tom4bren]

My son was driving the VX last night & said it was making a horrible noise from the front end. I just went out & checked it. The front outter CV on the drivers side went bye-bye.

The end of the shaft is completely out of the outer race. The cage and all of the balls are gone. The inner race looks OK but the end of the shaft is pretty chewed up. I stuck my finger in the inner race and there's a lot of sharp splinters in there so I didn't investigate it any further.

It was easy to pop off the boot on the inner race and pull the retaining ring out. Turning the wheels all the way to the right gave me enough room to remove the shaft.

Bad time of the year to be running without 4WD but at least it's driveable now.

Hope RCV gets on the ball with those new shafts. I'll be calling them on Monday to light a fire under them. Definitely a higher priority for me now that I'm the one that needs them.

[Ebenezr]

I know this is countercurrent but I think of the cv and half shaft kind of as a fuse in the front driveline. If something needs to blow let it be a $60.00 "plug and play"cv half shaft assembly rather than something deeper in the driveline. I'm not sure I would would want an industructible joint.

[BigSwede]

Not sayin' you are a throttle jockey, just that you try out the tougher trails than most VXers, and do it more often...

[tom4bren]

I called RCV again (never did hear back from Sean last week even though I talked to Craig).

They have a new phone system so it makes me wonder if there are major changes going on at RCV/Rockford Acromatic.

I also sent them another online message from their website.

[Ascinder]

I called RCV again (never did hear back from Sean last week even though I talked to Craig).

They have a new phone system so it makes me wonder if there are major changes going on at RCV/Rockford Acromatic.

I also sent them another online message from their website.

And another week bites the dust

[tom4bren]

Yup. I left another voicemail with Craig. Can't even transfer to Sean with their new phone system. I never got a response from their online messaging either.

If I can ever get ahold of a live person, I'll let them know that I need my half shafts back ASAP since I lost a CV joint recently. Mebbe that'll get them moving.

[tom4bren]

WooHoo

Sean made the mistake of answering the phone ... so I picked his brain for about 20 minutes (poor guy).

They are still going to offer replacement half shafts for us ... but it's still several months out. Probably won't be till late spring. They've taken all of the measurements from my set of shafts that they'll be needing so they are going to return mine soon.

The half shaft that they will be offering are a complete redesign so will look nothing like the OEM. They'll look something like this (click the pic to zoom):



As you can see in the pic, the boots are entirely different. They will not be offering replacement OEM boots to those that just want to upgrade the boots without the half shafts.

They are anticipating that these half shafts will be in the ball park of $1800 for the set. That's not suprising since that is the price of the others they offer.

The entire geometry of the CVs will be different so I'm really looking forward to checking out a set of these to see just what the improvements are. Despite the cost, I'll probably be one of the first to order a set.

For those that are lifting more than 3", you'll be able to order longer shafts.

For those that are lifting and adding the Super Flexy IFS mod, you'll also be able to special order the shaft with the slip joint added.

[RamAirZ]

I haven't posted but I've been calling them too up until a few weeks ago I gave up.

[tom4bren]

The repair shop tried calling and online messaging them for a month & then gave up.

[tom4bren]

Well, I finally got my OEM half shafts back from RCV on Friday except that one inner race and one shaft (between the inner & outer CV) was missing. Rekin I'll start calling them again today.

Need to start calling a few bone yards too & see if I can get the missing pieces there as well. Now that I know that Troops & Passports probably share the same shaft, I'm hoping I'll have some luck.