How long to change both cv's?

[elty001]

A live front axle still needs a uj on it for the steering.

 

[Barrbeast]

Hold on your putting me right off trols :lol

The old 4.2 diesel is live axle at front right? :thumb2

:doh :banghead

Alex, live axle's have nothing to do with it!

ALL Y61 (like mine) & Y60 (like Fez and Makeitfit's) Trols are live axled front and rear.

CV's are used to allow the driveshaft to go through the angles of steering but still transmit constant velocity and power.

If Trols didn't have CV's on the driveshaft (or even a basic UJ), how else would they allow the driveshaft to bend through the steering angles??

 

[elty001]

Think you might have to show him a piccy of how a front live axle works.:thumb2

 

[Sweety]

A live front axle still needs a uj on it for the steering.

Alex you've got your UJ's & CV's confused:doh UJ's are on the prop shaft where CV joints are used on drive shafts:augie solid front axles like on the trol have swivel joints:thumbs

 

[Fez_uk]

Alex you've got your UJ's & CV's confused:doh UJ's are on the prop shaft where CV joints are used on drive shafts:augie solid front axles like on the trol have swivel joints:thumbs

Swivel joint are for the outer hub has something to connect to, Still has CVs to deliver power to the wheel when turning.

Some live axles use UJs instead of CVs, Such as jeep axles.

 

[AlexD333]

Ok feeling a bit silly but I am lost

Before I started my current work my car experience was incredibly limited as only ever really had dealings with motorcycles :thumb2

In basic what I like, is being able to lift as high as I like, and I believe the old skool trols can do that right? :thumb2 :nenau

 

[Sweety]

You can get a 4" lift kit for the T2 from Calmini but it's not cheap & have to be imported from Canada or the US hell you can get 38" tyres on a T2 but you'll have to do it the Icelandic way:augie

 

[Barrbeast]

Ok feeling a bit silly but I am lost

Before I started my current work my car experience was incredibly limited as only ever really had dealings with motorcycles :thumb2

In basic what I like, is being able to lift as high as I like, and I believe the old skool trols can do that right? :thumb2 :nenau

:doh Okay dude it's like this...

You can raise any vehicle you want as high as you want, however some vehicles are better set up for lifting than others. Vehicles with live axles front and rear are better for lifting than those with a live axle rear and independent front suspension. (before you go any further google/wikipedia "live axle" and "independent front suspension" so you know what that those mean!)

Trols like mine (a Y61) or Fez and Makeitfit's (Y60 or what I think you call old skool) have live axles front and rear.

Because they have solid axles it means the whole axle moves with the suspension so when you fit a susp lift you just lift the chassis relative to those axles - the axles and diffs stay at the same level and therefore the CVs or UJs in the front driveshaft stay at the same angle.

A Terrano has independent front suspension so the diff is fixed to the chassis and the two front wheels move with the suspension independently. When you put a susp lift on independent suspension it moves the front wheels further from the chassis and further from the diff so the angle on the CVs increases. Running the CVs constantly at a steep angle increases the strain on them so the higher you lift an independent front suspension vehicle the more wear you will cause on the CVs.

 

[AlexD333]

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Because they have solid axles it means the whole axle moves with the suspension so when you fit a susp lift you just lift the chassis relative to those axles - the axles and diffs stay at the same level and therefore the CVs or UJs in the front driveshaft stay at the same angle.

A Terrano has independent front suspension so the diff is fixed to the chassis and the two front wheels move with the suspension independently. When you put a susp lift on independent suspension it moves the front wheels further from the chassis and further from the diff so the angle on the CVs increases. Running the CVs constantly at a steep angle increases the strain on them so the higher you lift an independent front suspension vehicle the more wear you will cause on the CVs.

Knew the first bit of the first paragraph, didn't know about the second bit (axles in the diff) and unfortunately I know about the silly terrano set up :doh

Thanks for a wicked description , it's made it somewhat clearer, I always knew you could keep going with a trol but didn't know about the mechanics of it ect. Cheers! :thumb2

 

[Fez_uk]

even over 2-4" susp lift on a trol will cause extra stress on the UJs on the propshaft.