George,
For many years, the Toronado/Eldorado CV's were the same as those on the
GMC, but the axle shafts were shorter. It was a very simple matter to swap
the CV's onto GMC axles. Then, some time ago -- a couple of years at least
-- SOME of the "rebuilt" Toronado/Eldorado axles with CV's started showing
up with (probably) new CV's on axle shafts with different splines. Those
"new" CV's will NOT fit the longer GMC axle shafts. Those new CV's are
drastically different in appearance from the old ones -- even without
counting the splines.
Before I converted to the 1-Ton front end and no longer use GMC axles, I
went to every parts store in Americus (4) and had them show me, on their
screens, the axles they were offering. They all looked like ours. I
warned each store that I'd accept ONLY axles that had that old appearance,
then had them order in every axle they could find in their warehouses. All
but 4 out of the 10-12 they received had to be shipped back to their
warehouses.
Whether that trick will still work, I don't know -- but it's worth a try if
you need a CV.
Ken H.
Americus, GA
'76 X-Birchaven w/Cad500/Howell EFI & EBL,
Manny Brakes & 1-Ton, Troy-Bilt APU, etc., etc., etc.
www.gmcwipersetc.com
On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 10:05 PM George Rudawsky
wrote:
> I have a clunk in my front end that sounds like a CV joint going bad as
> it's speed related. I've read that the Toronado axles will work, but there
> were some fitment issues? A1Carbone shows rebuilt ones for a 75 for ~$65
> plus a core charge. Can those be used? Any other concerns that I should be
> aware of? Thanks.
> --
> George Rudawsky
> Chicago, IL
> 75 Palm Beach
>
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