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

[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.

[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!!!