Only "failure" I have ever had was the bolts coming out and I believe this
was my own fault.   They don't (at least on 2WD) have to steer and drive as
the FWDs do.  Really should last a long time if the boots are not damaged.
Consider the neck snapping torque of the wbx....

                                                                        Jay

SStones <sstones@IDIRECT.COM>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 05/30/2003 10:21:37 AM

Please respond to SStones <sstones@IDIRECT.COM>

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Subject:    Re: Rear axle question

At 08:37 AM 5/30/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Good morning all:
>
>In regards to inverting the rear axle.  Is it really worth it to extend
>the life of the CV's...? How long do we want them to last when safety and
>inconvenience are concerned ? Kind of like tires, that  last for more
>years than I really want them to because of the rubber getting dry and
>harder than it should be and loosing their ability to grip the road..

Good points, but do CVs fail catastrophically?  From what I've seen, they
just get noisier and noisier for a long time when they need to be replaced.

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