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RenoVanMan Samba Member
Joined: March 20, 2011 Posts: 27 Location: RENO
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 4:00 pm Post subject: Difference between CV Joint and Ball Joint..... |
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I see a lot of posts about both..... are they the same? And what happens if one breaks while driving.
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insyncro Banned
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 15086 Location: New York
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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Not good! |
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randywebb Samba Member
Joined: February 15, 2005 Posts: 3815 Location: Greater Metropolitan Nimrod, Orygun
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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ball joint holds the front suspension together ("holds the front wheels on")
constant velocity joints provide power to turn the rear wheels from the transaxle, yet allow the R. susp. to move up & down while still providing a .... constant velocity - they replaced "U" joints on Porsche 911s in the early 1960s, not sure re T'porter evolution
might be fun for you to search up a web site on how things work or something & locate the cars section _________________ 1986 2.1L Westy 2wd Auto Trans. |
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Wildthings Samba Member
Joined: March 13, 2005 Posts: 50352
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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A ball joint is a front suspension/steering part used on most every car out there. A CV joint is a style of universal joint used in the drive train to transmit power. Google will get you more info than you ever want to know. |
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Ahwahnee Samba Member
Joined: June 05, 2010 Posts: 9810 Location: Mt Lemmon, AZ
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 5:45 pm Post subject: Re: Difference between CV Joint and Ball Joint..... |
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RenoVanMan wrote: |
...And what happens if one breaks while driving... |
In my experience both gave ample warning that they wanted to be replaced... never had a catastrophic failure of either though I seem to recall some volks have had CVs fail abruptly. |
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buildyourown Samba Member
Joined: March 01, 2009 Posts: 1668 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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If your CV fails, you have no power to the wheels, but you do have control.
If your ball joint fails, your front wheel falls off. Literally. |
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Blueconundrum Samba Member
Joined: September 07, 2010 Posts: 148 Location: Bozeman, MT
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:50 am Post subject: |
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buildyourown wrote: |
If your ball joint fails, your front wheel falls off. Literally. |
Not sure why, but you just made me laugh out loud. I think it was the mental image of watching your front wheels roll away.
Like that old song "Rusty Chevrolet":
"I went to the IGA
To get some Christmas cheer
I just passed up my left front tire
And it's gettin' hard to steer" _________________ 1988 Vanagon Syncro EJ22 |
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Williamtaylor33 Samba Member
Joined: September 07, 2007 Posts: 1545 Location: Arkansas
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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Ball joint
cv joint (front wheel side on syncro)
_________________ 89 Bostig powered syncro westy |
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