I believe I do see a problem with the mounting position of the boot itselfà the small end perhaps being pushed a bit too far back (inboard toward the joint) on the shaft. --- The boot certainly looks to be a quite snug, or rather-more-to-the-point, perhaps under-sized in circumference, length, and/or ribbing - but I imagine that a set of Mechatechs would probably take care of that.

But as far as the apparent improper location of the shaft when compared to the inner cupà It seems to me that this could be perfectly and reasonably accounted for by how far the inner joint is pushed into the cup at the time. --- What IÆm saying is this: The farther the joint moves into the cup, the lower toward the bottom of the cup the shaft will beà thus making it appear that the inner joint is broken or misaligned, when itÆs most assuredly not.

I could definitely be wrong, but from what I'm seeing, I'm not so sure there's an actual CV problem here.




If you take a very close look at DougÆs photo, youÆll see that the exact same thing appears to be the case, only rather less-so in severityà



(I wish I was able to draw arrows and lines on these photos right nowà Maybe later)

àThis indicates (to me) that DougÆs inner CV joint simply wasnÆt pushed as far into the cup at the time the photo was takenà But it still isnÆt aligned perfectly to the centerline of the outer edge of the cup opening (the back edge of the inner boot). --- If you use the steering arm as a reference, you can see that DougÆs CV shaft sits lower as your eye follows the shaft inboard, right to left.


Basically, I think were chasing our tail with this line of thought. --- In my opinion, if bnoldÆs CV boot wasnÆt so tightly compressed, it probably wouldnÆt have drawn our attention to the CVÆs position vs. the cup in the first place. --- In my mindÆs eye, it doesnÆt appear to be at-all out of its intended range of motion.


Anyhow, thatÆs just my $0.02 û IÆm certainly no expert on this subject, so take it FWIW.


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