Well it finally happened. I ripped the inner boot on my drivers side CV shaft and I need a new one. I wanted to know if yall have tried any aftermarket ones that faired better than the OEM shafts. Maybe even which ones have better a warranty? I saw one that had extra bellows to make them more flexible on Rock Auto but would those make any difference?



It just pulled apart right at the clamp.

 

I posted this in another thread, -

Yea, the CV's was the reason I was working on the front end, -had a hole in the boot, thru grease everywhere lol. Replaced both sides. Took forever to find a good set of axles for cheap. Found a great set in Cali. 1/2 price and free shipping, couldn't pass it up. There's quite a few 3rd party suppliers around here that sell cheap looking CV axles and use castle nuts on the axle threads vs those nice HD compression nuts.

Figured I might as well do all the joints while I'm in there. Doing one job made the other easier you know lol. Used all Moog stuff from Rock for that. Mine wern't that bad. All were fairly tight except for the bottom ball joint. It wasn't sloppy, but turn real easy, - you could almost spin it lol.

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I'm trying to recall who I purchased from, - I think it was Rock Auto, but these particular CV's where at their warehouse in California. Very Nice! On those CV's you have to either purchase new bolts w/a pre-applied thread locker or wire wheel your existing and use Loctite Quikstix Blue. The stuffs HD and affordable. Like a big tube of colored chap stick.

I should have the invoice on those axles here somewhere lol, -

Yea, Rock Auto-

Cardone Select AA1 66-2112 CV Half Shaft Assembly
Quantity.............. 1 (per box)
Quantity Ordered... 2

These are very nice and come with the correct hub nut/washer.

Do what you want of course but I did some research and wasn't going to pay that outrageous price they for Motorcrafts. These look identical to the Motorcrafts in every way anyway, so....

 

Those are the exact ones I was looking at. I just wanted some opinions on them. How do you like them with some miles on them?

 

Great so far. Have about 3000 miles on them.

 

Well ok then. Done and Done! thank you sir.

 

No problem man.