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

[tom4bren]

After doing this job for the 3rd time ... I'm NOT inclined to agree

[Ebenezr]

After doing this job for the 3rd time ... I'm NOT inclined to agree

Well maybe I just haven't owned mine long enough to plow through that many joints. My rt joint is on my garage floor right now. I will replace the whole rt shaft with cup and drop the diff next week.

[Triathlete]

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.

I'm not sure I like replacing and buying shafts every other weekend! Especially in the middle of a trail.

[Marlin]

I'm not sure I like replacing and buying shafts every other weekend! Especially in the middle of a trail.

x3, now that I have done both sides 4 times, and the drivers side one extra with another one on the way in the next few weeks.

[tom4bren]

The consensus is then:

Light a fire under T4B to light a fire under RCV!!!

GAME ON!!!

[Ebenezr]

I've owned mine four about 5 months. Have not been on any trails yet - but soon. I have replaced the ball loints, tie rod ends, steering gear, left front cv half shaft, shocks and tires and wow what a difference this maintenance has made. I am replacing the passenger side shaft with green cup this week cause some dum dum put a tripod style cv joint/cup on BUT do you all really go through joints this often? No exaggerations? Where are they breaking? If its at the inner cup maybe that is worn such that your replacements don't last.

[Marlin]

I have only broke 2 joints, and a third on the way. I went through multiple boots, now I dropped the diff, so hopefully won't have to do that anymore. The aftermarket CVs are junk. Broke two on one wheeling trip. The OEM CVs are crazy expensive, hence the anticipation of getting the RCV joints.

(Oh, the shafts broke on the two I snapped, so not a tulip fitting issue)

[tom4bren]

Mine was a reworked CV joint. I noticed that the balls were binding slightly in the cage after it was reworked. It was just a matter of time.

RCV has my spare set (to reverse engineer them). Even if RCV takes a while to build ours, if I can get mine back soon ...

I have the diff drops on mine as well so once I've got a good set in place, I don't expect further problems ... of course that's what I thought when I had the originals rebuilt

[BigSwede]

BUT do you all really go through joints this often? No exaggerations?

Recognize that these two are among the most aggressive wheelers on the board...worst case scenario.

[Triathlete]

Aggressive? Me?

[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.