208 front CV grinding

[rcamacho]

http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/tech/cvmod/

I had to replace the u-joints on my front driveshaft last weekend and noticed that the CV is close to running out of clearance at the CV/transfer case side. I estimate it only has a few inches of droop available before the CV bottoms out on the stops.

Q: has anyone on the board had success with clearancing the stock CV joints? Tips/pics?

 

[Thunder]

That link you have up there is a very complicated way to do it.
I just grind off about 1/8" off the driveline stops. The drive line stops are there to keep your drive line from hitting the ground if you break a U joint.
But if you have lifted your truck they need to be ground off.

Go to this link and read the bottom of page 2 that says" Front U joint modification". :http://www.roughcountry.com/install/145S.pdf
Its a PDF file. Tells exactly how to do it.

 

[rcamacho]

Thanks

 

[rcamacho]

Worked like a charm. I used my 4 1/2" grinder to take off the stops. There are some internal stops on the CV that also needed some work with a die grinder. Net-net sigificantly increased operating range.

 

[pauly383]

Some of us have also had to grind some off the crossmember , if your front flexes pretty good .