| Re: [GMCnet] Re: Bob Drewes' outer CV boot replacement technique [message #369239 is a reply to message #369232] |
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James Hupy wrote on Wed, 23 March 2022 18:14The 1 ton is not assembled like the OEM front end. The outer CV joint
spline joint is an interference pressed fit. No clip.
Jim,
My original 1 ton half shafts came from Manny and they had the snap rings on the outer CVs. I bought two 1 ton half shafts to swap over the GMC axles and use the new CVs. IIRC one came from AutoZone and the other from Carquest - both of those had snap rings.
The Manny half shafts had about 50K miles on them and I was shocked by the amount of wear on the inner CV bearing races. One side was bad, the other was much worse. I'm not sure what the life/mileage expectancy is for CVs in a GMC, maybe I did good getting 50K...? Boots had some cracking but weren't compromised.
Richard
'77 Birchaven TZE...777;
'76 Palm Beach under construction;
‘76 Edgemont waiting its turn
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