Which is easier:

• Renew CV on its own
  OR
• Renew CV joint as a whole assembly (with driveshaft)

Also, do any other engine variants share the same shafts?

R/H side, and 1.9JTD if that makes any difference.

thanks all:worship:

Drive shaft and CV joint are separate components, so to do the latter you'll have to do the first anyway.

I've not done a Stilo CV joint but their fairly easy. I assume its just the Joint that's going and that it hasn't completely gone and taken the splines off of the end of the driveshaft with it?

Jon

Yeah, got a very pronounced "clunk,ckunk,clunk" on full lock left or right, gaiter seems ok (no splits) though is missing a load of grease

Could i get away with just packing the boot out with some molly-lith grease or should i just replace the whole joint?

Swings and roundabout with this one really ..are you doing the job yourself..? are you putting it into a garage..?

If your doing it yourself then I would be looking at a complete shaft..for time and inconvenience..its a simple case of removing one and replacing with a new one with minimal work [make sure you torque the shaft/hub nut correctly ]..I have seen many cases where DIY rubber boots have come adrift from incorrect installation which in time will contaminate the joint and take you back to where you were in the first place..when you add the cost of labour and vat replacing a CV joint against the replacement of the complete shaft if often cheaper to replace the shaft IMHO and know its all new ..

http://www.carparts-direct.co.uk/?i=403&ModelDetail=Fiat+Stilo&ii=115459

I've never heard of replacing the whole shaft Phil, its only the CV joint that's defective here by the sounds of it.

Most Easterly Pandas said:

I've never heard of replacing the whole shaft Phil, its only the CV joint that's defective here by the sounds of it.

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Yes the CV joint is at fault but as I said for time and convenience the replacement of the whole shaft can be a major factor..remember that you have to remove the shaft to strip the CV off it so actually stripping the CV can involve a great more work that just replacing a whole shaft in many instances..just work out the man hours removing a shaft and stripping and replacing the CV against removing a shaft and a straight forward out and in replacement of a shaft..I have had to do this on the race track many years ago between races and I can tell you its far quicker the do the shaft swap than the CV strip down..plus you keep your hands grease free and with no risk of the boot later coming adrift from incorrect fitting..Its a cost and time exercise that really needs to be looked into nothing more nothing less..

well i've re packed the boot with molly-lith, has quietened it down considerably but not all together.

found a new joint for £25, but cheapest shaft is about £80

think joint alone may be the way forward (due to finances only) unless i can find a good cheap second hand shaft...

Phil / RobConn are we on about inner or outter CV join
t?

outer for me fella...

RobConn said:

outer for me fella...

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Yeah, in that case utterly pointless imo in doing driveshaft also. If it was inner I could understand it.

Phil, were you thinking inner or outer mate?

Odd this get's brought up, as i'm booked in to have my CV joint done this week. I looked into the possibility of changing the shaft, but couldn't find any within a decent price bracket. Though having said that, the cost of labour + part + vat, works out to almost the same price of getting a second hand shaft and the price of labour to fit it.

I was quoted £60 for the CV joint, £40 labour and Vat at 17.5% so not cheap.
(though i now sourced the CV joint £20, so now just paying labour)

dont suppose you could tell me where your getting it done? everywhere round coventry is either expensive or poor workmanship...

PM me if you like, also what the state of play is with the Nav+