You are right, i have been doing a few CV joints during last 6 years,
done bunch but never seen one like that.It was hard to tell
the diffrence from "normaly stiff" to "abnormaly stiff".
All 4 needed hammer to move it.3 became "normal" after a mile of driving.
One never did.
Actualy i am very interested to find out about what is the diffrence
4 grooved joints VS single grooved one other than flexin

> Leon,
>
>> From what I know of you, you have been around the block more than once,
>> so,
> I'm sure you can tell the difference between
> "stiff-it'll-loosen-to-a-proper-fit-with-use" and
> "somebody-screwed-up-at-the-factory".  I think you have an
> example of the later.
>
> A couple of years ago I got some new outer tierod ends.  When I went to
> put
> them on, they seemed to be bound up solid.  I called the parts guy about
> them
> and after telling me about the state of the art factory which he had
> toured
> where the tierod endo's were made, he told me something I already knew -
> tierod
> ends are stiff when new.  I told that they seemed to be well beyond
> stiff, but
> he assured me all was right and told me in not so many words to stop
> whining
> and just install the damn things.  Within a month, I was in his parking
> lot so
> that he could hear for himself the moaning and groaning coming from the
> tierod
> ends.  He replaced the parts without question.  He won't be so lucky the
> next
> time because I have found out since then that reputable manufacturers
> have in
> place a form of backcharge they call a "labor charge" to compensate a
> jobber
> for the time and materials he spends replacing their DOA parts.
>
> George
>

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