why are my CVD's to short ??
 

Ok, This one's got me stuck. why are my cvd's to short? I followed all the rules I think? The pillow are screwed all the way in. I have the right drive cups. Bearings look good. I thought I had RDL's but serum measured his cvd and they are 160mm and mine are the same. do all cvd's have slack in them? I can move the cvd in and out about 1/4 inch. refer to pic's. Thanks for the help. :D

Here's the slack when I pull the cvd.

This is with the cvd pulled out.

This is with the cvd pushed in. All 4 cvd's are the same.

are the pillowballs screwed in far enough

ALL the way.

That is the same length as my rdlogics. It looks like a rdlogic as well. I would guess you have rdlogics. They are to short. You need mip or ue or something like that.

I had the same thing with mine, No problems there, no damage will be done, dont screw in the pillowballs ALL THE WAY, as it will suffer in handling , i too had the RDL cvds and never had a problem.

But if you shim between the axle and inner bearing they look long enough don't they?

Isn't there a bearing spacer missing or something(i dunno i don't have a maxx)because that is a rediculous amount of play.

I use RDLogics (although mine look fatter than those but the shadow might hide it abit) and have no problems.

The rdlogic I have are shorter and look just like that. I would replace them with mip or ue. I like ue better.

Judging by the photos I would say that you are using the shorter MIP/ue drivecups. The RDLogics cvd's are slighter shorter than the MIP/ue ones. This is why you can't use the RDLogics cvd's with the ue diffs.

Didn't your cvd's come with their own drivecups? If so, try using these instead.

I had MIPs and they were pants, Rdlogics seem to perform alot better.

Although I just fitted my UE Widetrac suspension kit and they do seem short.

Thanks for the help guy's, Maxxdude: my drivecups are the 7.5 1/8 gears so I can't use the old drivecups. Gustav: I am worried about the play in the cvd's. They were like that when I got the truck. Does anyone else have that much play in there cvd's?? Can anyone tell me how long a RDlogics cvd is and how long a MIP or UE is?? Measure the whole thing like I did in the picture at the top of this thread.

I will do that with the MIPs for you tomorrow, thats if I can find one thats not bent.

I don't get play in RDLogics, although I use 23mm hexes, which might alter it?