CV Joints / Cap / Rotor

[scirokn at hotmail.com (Jon Palm)]

I knew if anyone would have a rebuttle it would be you. I really only needed 
to replace ONE cv and so I was comparing a quoted price of $87 for ONE cv 
versus $77 for a reman axle. Geeesh...


>From: "L F" <rocco16v@netzero.net>
>To: "Jon Palm" <scirokn@hotmail.com>,<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: CV Joints / Cap / Rotor
>Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 13:27:16 -0800
>
>Huh?
>   I just did my DS axle this weekend.
>Reman: $78 exchange (four years ago at AutoZone)
>Two new CV's: $200 (last week at VeeParts)
>
>After arguing with some of the listers two years ago on the advantages of 
>the reman, I saw the light and went with the new CV joints.  In pulling the 
>old inner CV off (this was a reman that was being replaced), I noticed that 
>the remanufacturer had installed the cupped inner washer backwards and had 
>used a much-too-light-duty circlip to hold it all together.
>  My most sincere apologies to those on the list who I thought were 
>completely full of it last year....you were correct.
>
>Larry
>
>
>
>  I went with a whole axle assembly
>since the cost difference between reman axles and NEW cv's just was not 
>that
>big.
>   Jon
>
>

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