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Originally Posted by winders
The outer race of a CV joint has a grove around the outside. That goes toward the outside of the axle assembly.
The star (inner race) has a raised surface on one side. That goes toward the inside. The cage has an edge that is thicker on one side than it is on the other. The thicker edge goes to the outside.
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nice.
I did not know that about the cage.
I had one bad joint that was due to a bearing sticking in the grove in the cage, at least that is all I found wrong. I had to grind the slot out ijn the cage so the bearing would not stick.
when I put that CV back together( yes I am reusing it) the center part would not move freely like it should. (part of why it went bad I suspect). I had to flip the center part around so it would move freely.IE, the grove on the outer part is now towards the inside but the center part is on the axle correctly.
if the cage was in backwards would that make it sticky or bind up?
cant believe I did 4 CV's and only one would have the cage wrong.
i was going to flip the bad one anyway and let the bearings ride on the "good" side of the outer race, just to see how it would wear.