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Originally Posted by Flat6pac
I would either wire the 10mm bolts together and use the 4 bolts or drill out the CV to install the extra 2 10mm bolts.
The better option would be find 2 good used sealed half shafts that go all the way to the stub axel from the 85 to 89 and install them complete. Remember you need the nut and washer for the outboard to match the half shaft stub axel
Bruce
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Bruce,
Thanks for the reply. Your solution, to source entire half shafts w/later CVs, is one I considered but am trying to avoid as I need to draw the line somewhere. Project creep is a disease that I am fully infected with. I am planning to drill my inner CV to use (6) M10 bolts, as Grady suggests, but am thinking that for safety and reliability w/my soon to be upgraded motor, my CVs should probably be replaced w/in the next year or two due to wear. I rebuilt them last year and decided they could last another year or two (based on my nonexistent experience). I was thinking that $76 ea. for 2 new (later) inner CVs would be something I could swing, but I am not certain if they would fit my '74 axles.
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Originally Posted by Grady Clay
Drill the CV joint and tin boot retainer for the other two bolts.
This is easy, ends up the same as the ‘928’ CV joint and doesn’t cost anything.
Having six M10 bolts is very desirable.
If someone has the answer to the spline size inside the early 108 mm CV joint and the ‘late’ (928) 108 mm CV joint, please post the details.
This is a very worthwhile thread:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/222537-reconstructing-constant-velocity-cv-joints.html
Long but worth studying.
Rember to use new Schnorr washers, torque to 63 ft-lb and again after about 100 miles.
Best,
Grady |
Grady,
Thanks for your reply. I was hoping you'd see this thread. I have studied the CV rebuild thread (a lot!). I plan to use new bolts and the correct washers etc.. You said in one, short sentence what it took me a paragraph in my original post to describe: that I was hoping to find out if the spline size inside the early 108 mm CV joint and the ‘late’ (928) 108 mm CV joint is the same. If nobody has the answer, I may just buy one to see if it fits and return it if it doesn't. Do you see any other "gotcha's" that I may not have thought about?
Thanks again for the help,
Tom