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

[yellowgizmo99]

maybe the guy I talked to didn't know about the CV there and I forgot about it myself.

[tom4bren]

Left voicemail. If he doesn't return my call by noon tomorrow, I'll try his cell.

[BigSwede]

He might be at the SEMA show this week in Vegas. I know that's where Indy4x is...

[tom4bren]

Good point, I'll wait till Monday to try again.

[Marlin]

for update...

[VXorado]

Hey Tom, did you ever hear back from the company?

[tom4bren]

Nope ... I'll try calling him later today.

[tom4bren]

Still no answer when I call.

Still no response to voicemail messages.

I went to their website & sent them a message ... I'll let you know how that works out.

Tom

[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.