Reply to "CV joints and axles for our cars"

Years ago, Gary Hall told me the reason the OEM half shafts create so much vibration under acceleration is, when you put even mild power through them, the main central spline locks-up. Changes in length then occur as a series of violent impacts, as the splines cannot slide smoothly when they're locked up. CV joints eliminate that problem. CV half shafts are also much lighter and smaller in diameter than the OEM half shafts. Other cars of the era, such as the Maserati Bora, had CV half shafts, so one can only assume our U-jointed shafts were a cost cutting measure.

I made the switch to CV's more than a decade ago. The only problem I ever had was grease oozing out between the CV joints and the adapters. This problem was easily solved by installing Porsche 930 CV joint gaskets. I suppose RTV would have worked too.