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[ProtoTipo]

Hi Phil,

They'll be Alfa sized inner CVs, I take it?

[Bernard]

Hi CJ..........

yep they are Alfa sized CV's on the inside with Ford outer CV's (apparently)..... standard and off the GKN shelf........... I sent off the old shafts as a pattern for them to make the new ones,.... on the Ford Cv's the spline is too long so i will have to make up a spacer only by about 10mm if i remember correctly.......... one interesting thing (that I wasn't aware of) is that they machine a very very slight helix down the length of the spline to ensure that there is no backlash.... clever !

Cheers

Phil

[ProtoTipo]

Hi CJ..........

yep they are Alfa sized CV's on the inside with Ford outer CV's (apparently)..... standard and off the GKN shelf........... I sent off the old shafts as a pattern for them to make the new ones,.... on the Ford Cv's the spline is too long so i will have to make up a spacer only by about 10mm if i remember correctly.......... one interesting thing (that I wasn't aware of) is that they machine a very very slight helix down the length of the spline to ensure that there is no backlash.... clever !

Cheers

Phil

A helix? That's a new one on me.

The Ford CVs makes sense, because I fitted Ford hubs on the orange car, and the outer Beta CVs fitted. The spline thing was the other way round, just slightly short.