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The knuckles are off the front at work, going to sand blast them and paint them black so they will be black and painted up until the first 10 miles I drive it, then the paint will flake off and it will look like crap again.
I know now why I had premature bearing failure (noise) on the extended cab I did a few years back. It wasn't as much the Detroit Axle bearings as the fact I had no idea there was an "excluder" seal. Evidently there is a seal on the end of the CV joint that presses against a metal plate in the knuckle. Looks like a really bad idea because it is rubbing against the metal all the time the truck is moving.
These simply did not exist on the extended cab, nothing there. I wondered why the bearing was exposed still! Live and learn.
WHICH brings me to my question. These excluder seals are worn 99% off on the Jalape±o also. The CV joints seem to be great, boots still 100% no leaks. Just seal fragments instead of a seal.
Most new CV shafts I saw have the seal on it. Problem is Rock Auto doesn't have a shaft over 50 bucks so I question the quality.
Has anyone used the Rock Auto GSP brand CV shafts before?
I'm still trying to nail down the exact number for the seal, nothing seems to look 100% like it but if a seal is 15 bucks and a shaft with a seal is 45 I dunno.
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