RangerB
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- Brandon
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Oh man! I really hate to see and hear that, man! And what a “Catch 22” on the warranty for this situation.I did the same thing... Separated my cv axle right at the wheel hub inside the boot. I didn't have any experience rebuilding cv axles, but I do now. The snap rings that Ford used are so incredibly cheap they give no resistance at all. I even had a guy in the service department at Ford say he can pull the cv axles apart by hand so you have to be careful. Something sounds a little wrong with that just saying.
I rebuilt my cv's with custom fabricated snap rings, but my truck had a bigger issue. The cv axles weren't fully set from the factory. When I went to install my leveling kit I knew something was wrong and I popped the boot off and it was all messed up with only 240 miles on my truck.... I called the dealer and said this is what it was but because I took the boot off nothing is covered under warranty. I had to use all the tools in my shop to completely repair the grooves and threads of my cv axle. Because it was messed up so bad initially, I have a little slight rubbing inside that boot, but it is currently driving pretty normal.
Does anyone know of any sort of replacement axles or repair kits? I'm on a waiting list for Ford parts... but the dealer says it could be months. I was wondering if theres a CV Axle out there that is the same spindle size where maybe I could just replace the very end of my axle? The one that was damaged from having a cv that wasn't set from the factory.
Important thing that I learned though, if you pop the spindle nut off it is so easy to pop out the strut and you don't put any pressure on your CV's... This is what Ford wants you to do. It is not within range for you to pull the struts out without freeing up the CV axle but none of the lift kits really tell you that. Get yourself a 35 mm and pop the nut off so you don't ruin your new baby and sit here waiting for parts that may take months or years just to feel comfortable taking a corner again...
Attached is a pic of what the CV looked like when I first popped the boot off.
I’d also be interested in knowing if there’s an equivalent part out there. If only out of curiosity. Could be good to know if my own repairs don’t hold up, somehow.
But if there were, I’d think it’d show in Ford’s parts inventory. I mean, an equivalent part would have the same part number, regardless of model.
In the case that there’s no equivalent part, perhaps some custom work?
Have you checked the inner race (and the spines in it), cage, and housing to make sure they’re not damaged?
If it’s just the axle and not the other joint components, maybe a good machinist could cut a new axle end and a good welder could replace the old end with it.
Maybe not worth the trouble. Just spitballing...
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