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Originally Posted by DanielDudley
CV joints are either good or they are not. I am assuming you are repacking and reassembling the old units until you replace them. If you get them together and they are silent, they will be good indefinitely.
Replace the faulty bolts and make sure you torque everything to spec. No need to throw the baby out with the bath water.
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If new CV joints are properly serviced and maintained (like....once per year cleaned and inspected and repacked using high quality hign pressure moly grease), then I'd guess they could last a LONG time. But unfortunately, most joints have not been properly serviced. I've looked at a fair number of CV joints from 911's, and they are rarely in the condition I would call "excellent." I'm not sure I've ever seen one in that condition. I've seen a few "decent/useable" condition ones, and a LOT of "unacceptable" ones. Very few "good" or "excellent."