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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: Speedracer7c on April 16, 2005, 12:37:39 PM
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Well put in my other cv shaft today, The drivers side shaft. and It basically was over extended as soon as I put it in. So i had to loosen the bolts just to put the snap ring in. I guess I'll just get a spacer machined or something. Is that what everyone else is doing. I don't know why this is happening all the time now. And I wheeled with the stock one in there for a year.
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anyone......? Bueller Bueller...... ???
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It all goes back to your port 47 troubles man.
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It all goes back to your port 47 troubles man.
Thanks zook....your such a big help. :P
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Did you put in spring spacers? that will do it.
And make sutre the Passenger one is snapped in all the way.
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YEah but if i make a spacer for the cv shaft will it solve the problems or will it not?
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Do you have an Anvil? Is it widened?
Mike
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I'm thinking that it should fix your problem but i don't know your truck? is it lifted or did you just put it in a ditch or hit a stump?
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YEah but if i make a spacer for the cv shaft will it solve the problems or will it not?
#p
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Do you have an Anvil? Is it widened?
Mike
Nope and nope. :(
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You're running the 2 inch Calmini lift, which drops the diff, right? You should NOT need a longer CV axle!
I would suspect that something else has caused the problem.
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Here you can see how badly the cv shaft was over extended just sitting there. (http://www2.kylehancock.com:82/cgi%2Dbin/coppermine/albums/Wrenchin/4-16-05/normal_IMG_0876.jpg)
Which resulted in this after wheelin.
(http://www2.kylehancock.com:82/cgi%2Dbin/coppermine/albums/Wheelin/Liberty%20Hill%2C%204-16-05/normal_IMG_0976.jpg)
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Had the exact same problem. A large part of the reason I've got a set of 'Cruiser axles sitting in the garage to go under the Tracker ;)
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Give us some details on how you front end is lifted. It appears to be tha Calmini 2" suspension lift, with the diff drop brackets in place. Unless it was a screwed up rebuild on the CV, or you have modified the front end or lift, that should not happen. :-/
Zig
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Did you put in spring spacers? that will do it.
And make sutre the Passenger one is snapped in all the way.
YEah but if i make a spacer for the cv shaft will it solve the problems or will it not?
Are you saying that you put a spacer in on top of the larger front coil springs I sent you?
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Hey Racer, Does it happen only on the left side? It looks "in the pic." that it is way to short. Also it looks as if you have the spring under a load and the axle is still too short. You could make a spacer, but if it's only on one side I'd say that your front diff. has been pushed to the pass. side. I hope that helps.
Kevin
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The CV shaft on the left side should be slightly longer than the one on the pass side. Is there a chance you got one with the shorter shaft? Also if memory serves the Part of the outer CV that goes on the shaft is offset slightly and can be put on either way making the shaft longer or shorter depending on which way it is put on the spline. Now you have me thinking Im going to have to look at one of my spares tonight. Was that shaft you put in brand new or rebuilt?
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Are you saying that you put a spacer in on top of the larger front coil springs I sent you?
No i didn't put a coil spacer in. I was asking if I put a spacer in the cv flange to push it out more if that woudl solve my problem.
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 Was that shaft you put in brand new or rebuilt?
It was rebuilt  :-/
I have another one coming for tomorrow if i run into the same problem i'm not even going to bother trying to run it. I just don't understand why the stock one lasted so long if i'm having all these problems now.
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Before I knew better I replaced mine with a rebuilt one from Auto Zone.
First one lasted a long time. The rebuilt ones don't. Try going to a junk yard and get a a used one and try it.
As for a spacer, I think it would work if you can find no other problems. Take the spring out and reassemble. Jack up the control arm untill the shaft is level with the floor. You can now measure the thickness of the spacer you will need before the shaft will bottom out. Leave yourself around a 1/2" so that as the front end floats around (everything is rubber mounted) you won't bottom out the shaft and try to shove the housing out the other side.
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I got a spacer on the way that should work. ;)