Gforce Engineering
05-13-2011, 08:41 PM
Awhile back we had a customer ask us how much runout he should be getting when he put a dial indicator on his cv joints after bolting them to the axle stubs.
Although a little run out isnt going to hurt anything and we've never had a problem with vibrtations from this, I decided that if there is room for improvement then we will make the stub to cv joint fitment perfect.
What we did was machine a recieving area in the axle stubs so that the cv joint and grease cap gets perfectly centered in the axle stub when you bolt them together.
It adds a few minutes of machine time to every part but what you will be getting is a perfectly centered axle assembly.
Thanks
Chris @ Gforce
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Although a little run out isnt going to hurt anything and we've never had a problem with vibrtations from this, I decided that if there is room for improvement then we will make the stub to cv joint fitment perfect.
What we did was machine a recieving area in the axle stubs so that the cv joint and grease cap gets perfectly centered in the axle stub when you bolt them together.
It adds a few minutes of machine time to every part but what you will be getting is a perfectly centered axle assembly.
Thanks
Chris @ Gforce
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c91/nicholscl/Machine%20shop%20pics/photo-72.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c91/nicholscl/Machine%20shop%20pics/photo-70.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c91/nicholscl/Machine%20shop%20pics/photo-71.jpg