Help I lost front wheel drive.....

[Triathlete]

To see if it is CVs or hubs you can put the VX on stands, put in 4lo, by hand turn front tires, you should see the axle shafts turning. If they are turning that will rule out those parts. Spider gears are probably the next thing I would check. Not positive but if the TOD had electrical problems or something inside was not working properly the lights would be misbehaving or the check TOD light would be on.
If the spider gears broke you might get some shavings in the fluid...but with the drain hole so small if the pieces are larger they may not come out.

[don moore]

now if we can figure out what happend
and can make it do this when we want ,
,,well be in
business

....good luck....

[Ldub]

If it's the spider gears, Matt has some used ones...
https://www.independent4x.com/mercha...roducts_id=542

[LittleBeast]

If the spider gears broke you might get some shavings in the fluid...but with the drain hole so small if the pieces are larger they may not come out.

You are probably right, I will more than likely just tear it completely down and remove the 3rd member now that I know how to do it, it should only take me a couple of nights work.

didja check between the seats? i lose stuff there all the time

wish i could be more help, good luck gettin it fixed!

Haha, wow, thanks for that, nice play on words

If the hubs ARE both locked and the driveshaft still turns, you can point focus at the diff having an issue with some sort of spline or gear contact... not bearings so much.

If something happened in the diff it may have taken out something in the TOD.

I have stock Hubs, not selectable ones, I did just remove them to replace lower ball joints, but everything seemed to be working fine before wheeling. Yeah I am thinking diff issues, and I really hope it did not hurt the TOD.

now if we can figure out what happened
and can make it do this when we want ,
,,well be in
business

....good luck....

Haha, yeah I know I am not complaining about the increase in gas mileage

If it's the spider gears, Matt has some used ones...
https://www.independent4x.com/mercha...roducts_id=542

Thanks Larry. I am probably going to see if they can use my old ones first from the stock 4.30s I took out, but it is good to know he has some, just in case mine are fried or if this happens again. Thanks.

[LittleBeast]

Today I replaced one of my shocks on the rear with one of the rebuilt ones from Bruce's suspension, and while I was down there I rotated my tires and greased all the sway bars and grease u-joints, etc, and guess what I noticed?

MY PASSENGER SIDE CV is toasted!

This is acctually good news to me, I am just glad I don't have to remove the Diff assembly again

Lots of rattling in the Pass side CV, like marbles in a metal can. I can freely turn the drive shaft to the front and all it turns is the pass side green cup, that is it, nothing else moves.

QUESTIONS:

-should I remove my stock CV and have it rebuilt? Anyone have any contacts?

-should I just buy a new CV joint? It is the inner balls/cage that is toast. Anyone have any contacts for this?

-should I just call Indy and see what they say?

Thanks everybody, I have never delt with a busted CV joint before, I am just glad it was not something worse.

[Triathlete]

Try a search for Grandpa Bob/Green dragon. I believe he has posted about a place where he had his CV's rebuilt. Good luck!

[ironman99]

Howdy Guys and Gals, I'm resurrecting this zombie thread because I find my self in a similar predicament, but first a short story...

When winter was finally upon me up here in the great white north I noticed my VX was driving a lot worse than it did last year. At first I simply attributed it to worse road conditions than last year and that my tires just suck at snow.
Later on, driving up to the Ski hills in even worse road conditions I noticed that driving up hills was nearly impossible, any acceleration beyond a slow crawl on the steeper parts and my back end would slide out, that is when I started to suspect something was definitely wrong. I confirmed it later that day when I decided driving through a 2 foot tall embankment of snow would be a good idea and I damn near got stuck. I stuck my head out the window to see how the tires were spinning and sure enough, I wasn't getting any spin out of the front wheels, not even in 4 low...

Up until today I had no idea where the issue could be, my only clue/suspicion was that I had done some work on my CV joints and rebooted them a month or 2 before the first snow fall. I finally decided to do some more investigation and I just wanted to share with you a short video of what I found...
http://youtu.be/xgEIzTkZO8Q
If you can't tell from the video the right CV boot isn't spinning at all so I think I found the problem LOL.

Unfortunately I don't think I will be able to look into the problem any further for another week due to work. In the mean time, what are y'alls initial thoughts on what might be going wrong in there?