One of my CV axles is junk and I need to replace it. I checked on RockAuto and they have OEM parts for $255, and a bunch of much cheaper alternatives. New Cardone parts (which I assume is a low quality foreign alternative) for $55. Remanufactured parts from Cardone for $47 plus a $75 core. Does that mean its an OEM part that they replace the u-joints on? Anybody have experience with any of the less expensive alternatives?

Thanks

 

Tasca has one for $250 and at one point were selling to members on here at 10% above cost, not sure if thats still going on, contact tascajosh. As far as other cv joints go, I broke one in my 03 and had it replaced for $90, unfortunately I do not know the brand, but I never had any trouble out of it. I suspect it was just the "house" brand from a local parts store like advance, autozone, parks, etc.

 

ive replaced both my CV axles with autozone replacements.....been over a year now and have 0 problems...

 

rockauto has them from 56 to 300

 

Right, that's my whole reason for this post. Re-read my post again

 

I've heard that the remans from O'Reilly's are good.

 

Too much coffee the other day. By junk do you mean the boot was ripped? I had a boot rip and put a new boot back on. The joint checked out ok and didn't have any water inside of it or dirt so I figured it was do-able. This was last winter and so far soo good with my joint.

If your joint is trash and you never really use 4x4 I could see a cheaper joint working in a pinch. Though you never know...

 

The boot is torn and all the grease was flung out. At full drop there is alot of resistance to turn the wheel, so I think the joint is damaged. For the cost of a reman part its cheap enough to just replace the whole thing.