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SVTRacer · Jun 30, 2008

A few days back, my car started making all this "grinding" noises when driving. so i told dad and he started saying it was the CV joints. So he went ahead and bought new ones and we started replacing things back together. then he decided to rotate the Hub to work around and it didnt move freely as if something was holding it back. then it dawned onto me that the Hub bearings grind when they go bad...

so all in all, dad's mad as hell now cause he bought something that we may have never needed. And to put it all together, he wants to do suspension now while the front end is apart. so guess what!! i get new suspension!!!!!!

onto the pics.

New Driver's side CV:

Old:

before dad realized it:

after he yanked the hub off and left to take it in:

New Passenger Side CV:

the new rear struts:

and one more to show where the Z28 is now....even in the rain!

more to come by tuesday.

striker2 · Jun 30, 2008

your passenger side axle is wrong. it should have an intermediate shaft (like the one todras is selling) and then a shorter CV shaft thats similar in length to the passenger side.

SVTRacer · Jun 30, 2008

hmm, i'll have to look into that. cause the passenger side is band new box and all.

were the ATX and MTX shafts different?

striker2 · Jun 30, 2008

SVT for a16 year-old said:
hmm, i'll have to look into that. cause the passenger side is band new box and all.

were the ATX and MTX shafts different?

Yes, but i believe the ATX still has an intermediate shaft, could be wrong though. all MTXs have the intermediate shaft.

SVTRacer · Jun 30, 2008

okay, this is the 1st time ive done CVs. so im kinda lost. PM me pics? or would Todras have them?

striker2 · Jun 30, 2008

SVT for a16 year-old said:
okay, this is the 1st time ive done CVs. so im kinda lost. PM me pics? or would Todras have them?

you can see the intermediate shaft in the link i posted. unless the bearing is toast on the end, its not necessary to replace it. the passenger CV shaft will be abou the same length as the driver side only it will have a "female" splined end on the inner joint instead of a "male" end. i dont think i have any pictures but ill look.

SVTRacer · Jun 30, 2008

striker2 said:
you can see the intermediate shaft in the link i posted. unless the bearing is toast on the end, its not necessary to replace it. the passenger CV shaft will be abou the same length as the driver side only it will have a "female" splined end on the inner joint instead of a "male" end. i dont think i have any pictures but ill look.

oh, i didnt know your oreg. post had a link, (it looked like a text).

todras · Jun 30, 2008

Please tell me you're getting OEM svt struts and springs!! Or atleast BAT or Koni. Have fun riding like a Buick if not.

SVTRacer · Jun 30, 2008

i've still gotta ask dad what they are. He bought them from NAPA. some like monrose(sp?)

they'll be temp until I(myslef) can get 600 bucks cash and get some BATs, cause dad is TOTALLY AGAINST lowering. and he wont get OEM SVT stuff.

he's been a total a-hole this past week or so. so idk what is up. once im out on my own and bring in a bit more $$, i'll be doing what I want done.

and i'm also living by their rules. im under their roof, gotta abide by their rules. so yeah...

todras · Jun 30, 2008

Yep. Gonna suck. OEM was probably just a little more from Jenkins.

SVTRacer · Jun 30, 2008

well, when im back out at JROTC camp, he'll be driving the car and he'll feel it out.

jolly8286 · Jun 30, 2008

yeah they're not like OEM, i work at napa so i know. I don't have them on my car. but we do also offer KYB struts too.

SVTRacer · Jun 30, 2008

UPDATE!!!

so dad came home and looked at the CV joints. and he's in agreement with me and the rest of CEG. so yay!!

and for todras..he failed to realized it was an intermediate shaft, so my gearing comment earlier was for other cars..( chevy's per se)

we managed to pull the passenger side hub off and the strut/spring. and we're gonna work on the driver side tomorrow when we can roll the Z out again.

onto the pics!

Driver Side Hub w/ new bearing:

Passenger Side Hub w/ old bearing:

old...:

and this is just a side Question.... is this normal? or is it supposed to be all one.?

and dad taking a break from clean up

todras · Jun 30, 2008

SVT for a16 year-old said:
and this is just a side Question.... is this normal? or is it supposed to be all one.?

and dad taking a break from clean up

Not normal. It seems like almost every Contour I see has a cracked housing though. Doesn't seem to effect anything.

SVTRacer · Jun 30, 2008

todras said:
Not normal. It seems like almost every Contour I see has a cracked housing though. Doesn't seem to effect anything.

oh okay, whew. at least i know now.

so its like the infamous CEG CEL deal? we know its not safe, but we dont care and we dont like it fixed?

todras · Jun 30, 2008

Correct. LOL!

Ray · Jun 30, 2008

I can't say that a cracked alternator housing CAUSES a failed alternator, but I can say that 90-95% of ALL failed alternators have had a cracked housing..

Like I said.. I can't say that a = b, but I can say that where there is B, there is A..

SVTRacer · Jul 1, 2008

PIC Update!

THE CORRECT ONE:

all the parts in mom's van:

rears:

old ish:

ONE YEAR LIKE THIS:

old broken on left, new on right

SVTRacer · Jul 1, 2008

stupid 10 image rule...

Rear end will be started/finished(depending) on wed.

moar pics to come.

svttour · Jul 1, 2008

Coming together very nicely

keep up the good work.

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