Front CV axle movement

[SinCityKnights]

Is the housing on the cv supposed to move? it's the part with the arrow pointing at it. I can grab that and slid it in and out not sure if it should move like that. I have never worked on cv's before so i'm clueless.

 

[safn1949]

Is the housing on the cv supposed to move? it's the part with the arrow pointing at it. I can grab that and slid it in and out not sure if it should move like that. I have never worked on cv's before so i'm clueless. View attachment 59753

Is it coming out of the differential? You can move the boot a little but shouldn't be able to move the ends as that end snaps into the diff.

 

[gavin]

you definitely should not be able to pull it out of the housing very easily. If you can, it means the circlip is gone.

but there may be slight amount of vertical play.
I've had a few sets of cv shafts, both new and remanu'ed, and the inside cv was always loose, whereas the outside cv was stiff.

 

[SinCityKnights]

no the stub shaft that goes into the diff does not pull out or move. just the housing that the rubber boot clamps to. i'm not sure what that piece is really called that the arrow is pointing too. i'll just call it the housing. but i can move that housing quite a bit maybe 1/4 " .

 

[gavin]

no the stub shaft that goes into the diff does not pull out or move. just the housing that the rubber boot clamps to. i'm not sure what that piece is really called that the arrow is pointing too. i'll just call it the housing. but i can move that housing quite a bit maybe 1/4 " .

somebody will correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe it's unusual to have some movement there.

as I said in my previous post, there's always been some play there with both remanufactured shafts and new shafts.

 

[yellow coupe]

somebody will correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe it's unusual to have some movement there.

as I said in my previous post, there's always been some play there with both remanufactured shafts and new shafts.

Yes, if you are talking about the axle end (not the fit into the differential housing) there is some play there.

 

[gavin]

Yes, if you are talking about the axle end (not the fit into the differential housing) there is some play there.

actually, I was referring to the inside joint, so at the dif.

even with the shaft snapped into the carrier, I've always noticed some play

 

[specialized7]

what if there is no clips whatsoever?

 

[imp]

Gentlemen! Is everyone forgetting that as the wheel and spindle move up and down, through their normal travel as suspension parts, they describe a curved arc, which means that, since the differential center section is rigidly fastened to the frame, the axle shaft tries to in effect get "longer and shorter". For that reason, one C-V joint on each axle is specially made to slide in and out, to compensate for the curved travel of the wheel.

The C-V thus made to do this is usually the inboard joint. This is analogous to the driveshaft slip-joint which for years in vehicles with solid rear axles has compensated for the fact that the differential center section moves forward and backward a little bit as suspension moves up and down. imp