Front and rear (rear) driveshaft joints are different?

[89Vette]

OK...I want to hone that statement. Are you saying EMPI's are OEM quality while Cardone is chinese?

Also, what if the halfshaft just NEEDED to be replaced? And, an owner wanted to choose between EMPI and Cardone?

[Triathlete]

Cardones that I have seen are all "new remanufactured". Empis are completely new. I payed about $75 for my Empis on Amazon.

[89Vette]

Cardones that I have seen are all "new remanufactured". Empis are completely new. I payed about $75 for my Empis on Amazon.

Looks like they are more now...
http://www.amazon.com/EMPI-Axle-Asse...2001&carId=001

These just say new....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/A1-Cardone-S...item5648bfaff0

OTOH, Summit's site shows direct ship remanufactured Cardone's (IF YOU SEARCH BY YEAR/VEHICLE)
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/AAZ-60-1310/.

OTOH, if you cut/paste Summit's eBay part # into Summit's site, I get a different listing showing the item as new -- but not for 2001 Isuzu. It does show 95-98 Trooper -- which I thought was the same CV axle as our VX.

Note: The eBay link shows Summit as the seller. That's why I went directly to their site.

[jmayer40]

After searching for these 2 different U-joints,
Front U-Joint: Neapco part#: 2-0317 Rear U-Joint: Neapco part#: 2-0383.....
Searched online. advance auto said they had them in stock, went there, N/A in computer.
Finally found them in an Industrial supply house, Kelly Supply. in Grand Island, NE ..
It was NEA 2-0317 40.75 , NEA 2-0383 27.34 , For the age of VX, glad Joints are still used out there...

[LittleBeast]

They are a fairly common size, all a good driveshaft shop would need to do is take measurements and use a similar U-Joint with the same dimensions.

I am having a custom rear driveshaft built right now. There will be a u-joint and CV joint on it.

[chadzu]

I wonder if the front joint is from the Oldsmobile bravada? I think it used this BW case first. I had to use a trooper front joint when I ditched the tod case.