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Old Jan 6, 2015 | 08:31 PM
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Anybody know of some heavier duty CV Shafts for my Bonneville SSEi? I've got semi-light mods right now and still manage to go through a CV Shaft a year at least.
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Old Jan 6, 2015 | 09:26 PM
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Where are you getting them from and what brand?
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Old Jan 6, 2015 | 10:21 PM
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I don't remember what brand the last ones are. This last one appears to have broken inside the hub assembly. The car will not move under it'* own power, but the cv shaft is spinning (trans is fine as far as I can tell). I haven't got the car apart and won't for awhile since the snow is looking like its going to stick around for awhile. Just looking at my options. I know the last set came from Advance Auto Parts (bad idea), but I wasn't impressed with the parts from Carquest or Napa. That pretty much sums up the parts stores we have around here.
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Back from when I replaced mine I am not aware of any options for heavy duty. Best I can recommend is stick with a good manufacturer, like Moog for example.
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Old Jan 13, 2015 | 11:39 PM
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ZZP has special built CV Shafts for W Bodies. I wonder what they are doing different to merit a Stage 2 classification.
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ZZP has special built CV Shafts for W Bodies. I wonder what they are doing different to merit a Stage 2 classification.
A sticker?
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Old Jan 15, 2015 | 10:58 PM
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Ask these guys to make some custom, dunno if they will or if you want to pay but they do make custom

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Old Jan 16, 2015 | 07:16 AM
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i would just get some moog ones from rock auto or where ever. parts store ones aren't very good im sure.
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Old Jan 17, 2015 | 06:13 PM
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I'll try and get some Moog ones. Hopefully I'm not going to have some trans issues from this whole debacle too. Having fun trying to find a car trailer with a winch to get the dang thing home.
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they have portable winches but we got AAA plus, its like 120 for both of us up to 100miles and no extra charge for flatbed
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