deja Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 CV sanity check. I am replacing the boots on my 280zxt CV axels. My question is about the stub axels. I took both axles apart at the same time and am pretty sure I kept the axels and stub axels together. Yeah, I should have marked them. But before I install the inner boots I want to be positive I have the right stubs with the right axles. Am I correct that the longer stub goes with the longer axle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deja Posted June 27, 2009 Author Share Posted June 27, 2009 I can't believe nobody knows the answer to this. I would really hate to put these together just to find I messed it up. Please respond if you have ever done this rebuild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 I've done it but don't remember. You can put them together without the boots and check. I did have to do that because I did the same thing you just did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deja Posted June 27, 2009 Author Share Posted June 27, 2009 I've done it but don't remember. You can put them together without the boots and check. I did have to do that because I did the same thing you just did. That might work if I hadn't already pressed the bearings back on and stacked them. So the boots are already in position. Standing them up on end and setting the stubs on top it looks like the long goes with the long. It makes the long one about 1/2"-1" longer. If I switch the stubs the long one is now only about 1/4" longer. I also might add these are spare axels, the leaking ones (temp fixed) are still one the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIWAY ONE Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 My understanding from the attached thread http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=120093&highlight=280zx+turbo+axles is that the longer one (I think the right one) is about 3/4" longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Am I correct that the longer stub goes with the longer axle? Yes. I just looked at an assembled pair under my parts washer, behind the pile of rags, where the rats made their nest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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