Guest Aaron Posted August 12, 2002 Share Posted August 12, 2002 In another post , the topic of drive shafts came up and I had a moment of inspiration (or a brain fart depending on perspective). What would be the impications of a drive shaft built with CV joints? I realize there would be a lot of fabrication involved, but imagine for just a moment. One end starts with a yoke to fit the transmission, then a CV joint, solid shaft to second CV joint, finally an adapter to bolt to the differential. It seems to me that would eliminate a lot of the hassles of driveline angles associated with our cars. Would such a solution hold up? I can see that in a live axle car there could be a problem with the drive shaft needing to expand more than the cv's would allow, but since the diff in our cars stay (relatively) still that would not be a concern for us. Discuss among yourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aaron Posted August 14, 2002 Share Posted August 14, 2002 *bump* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 I think that Chrylsler and AMC used them. I once worked on a mid-60's Jeep Cherokee that had CV joints in the drive shafts. We replaced it with a U-joint shaft when the CVJs came apart at 70,000 mis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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