CV Drive shaft question

[Streetgliderx]

I recently paid my local shop to build me a CV shaft for the rear of my blazer.... 240 dollars so i said cool. well its a used joint case with new u-joints and a new ball in the center which i can get over, but the part that bothers me the most is the slip yoke. it looks like he turned it in a lathe and its got machine groves all down it probably not over .005 thousandths deep but you can feel them with a naked finger,..... now i thought that these things were supposed to be glassy smooth for the seal to work properly. so what do you guys think? should i break bad and say something or be happy i saved money and just pull it apart and put it in my own lathe and smooth it out? hell he didn't even paint it the welds are still shiny

 

[4X4HIGH]

The slip should be smooth without any visable groves or marks that can be felt. I would call him on it and make him fix it. Get a pic for us also so we can see what he's done and why he may have done so.

 

[Streetgliderx]

i'll have pics posted tommorrow

 

[Streetgliderx]

ok pics don't do it justice but its got some serious grooves you can even see oil creeping down the shaft in the grooves. plus he didn't even paint it its obvious this joint is used i aint put 10 miles on it yet and it looks like the dirty old shaft that was in it since 1986

 

[isaac]

well that sucks about the gooves on the slip yoke but i think as long as it isnt leaking from the tc i would worry about it. as for the way the shaft looks he probably should have painted it at least lol but it must not have been in the final price lol. but if i were you i would keep an eye on any leaks from the slip yoke and just thorw a coat of paint on the shaft... oh yeah dont forget to keep that shaft lubed those cv's get hot...

 

[Streetgliderx]

i got a lathe and sufficent skill to just pull it and smooth it out with some sand paper in my lathe but its the thought that counts..... to think this guy told me i better not attempt gearing my axles i better pay him 300 an axle to do it. he is full of chit if he thinks he will get any more of my business

 

[4X4HIGH]

After seeing those pics i hope he's ashamed of his work. I would take it back and make him fix it and then make sure he balanced it and painted it all purdy for the price especially since he installed used parts.

 

[pauly383]

Most reputable shops charge waaaaay more than that .

Just fixing one if you grenade the CV in Moab costs that much

 

[Streetgliderx]

yeah i figured it was cheap enough i will probly fix it myself and get a new seal it works and i'll probably get it muddy anyway

 

[shaun89]

i dont mean to but in here, but is that stock rear shaft with a front shafts CV welded to it? if so....is it good for a DD rig? nothing over 60mph...

 

[pauly383]

it actually does look like an s44 CV assembly , **** it , take it wheeling . Worse case you break it and slap your spare in ( we all have spares , right ? )

 

[4X4HIGH]

I'm going to lay bets that the CV is a TH400 caddy version and the yoke is not splined all the way to the end of the yoke.

 

[Streetgliderx]

actually it is splined all the way through i think its just an original slip yoke pressed on to a Buick cv(<---did some searching not sure) its much larger than the front one and it is a DD so far flawless except it has begun to leak because of the shoddy machine work

 

[4X4HIGH]

The yoke is not an original style yoke since it has to have a place for the ball centering piece for the CV.

 

[shaun89]

awesome...thanks a lot guys!...maybe ill start looking for a driveshaft from a buick/caddi...2 u joints every 4 monthes is getting tiring

 

[Blue85]

actually it is splined all the way through i think its just an original slip yoke pressed on to a Buick cv(<---did some searching not sure) its much larger than the front one and it is a DD so far flawless except it has begun to leak because of the shoddy machine work

I'm still curious about what parts were used to make this, because it could potentially become a hot mod.

If it was an original slip yoke, it wouldn't have needed any machining. Plus, if the size was close, chances are good that a different seal could have been used on the back of the T-case. From the pics, it doesn't look like an S44 CV to me.

 

[4X4HIGH]

Actually after thinking about it i'll bet it is a caddy CV that has had the end of the unsplined portion of the slip yoke machined off to make it "appear" as a full splined slip yoke.