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Originally Posted by HO455
My only encounters with CV joints has been with a 74 Dodge power wagon 440 w200. That truck would eat the CV joint every 20-30 k miles. Ended up replacing it with a regular drive shaft with U-joints. It didn't last any longer but it was only $30 to fix instead of $175.
The drive angles aren't hard to measure and usually they aren't too tough to bring in to line, unless you have veered way off the factory playbook.
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Fair enough...I also suspect it largely depends on how much power you're putting down, and the weight of the vehicle you're moving. All the guys having success with CV joints are running big horse power in highly modified cars (hence the angle issue), but all are well under 4K lbs....so gross weight may play a role in that.
When I eventually convert my truck to 4wd, I may run a divorced NP205 transfer case with a single piece CV driveshaft going both forward and aft....a lot of that plan is TBD however.