C.V. might have a crack

[fathead]

Check out the picture and tell me what you think. Sorry this is the best picture I could get.
Not sure if it is a forging mark or a crack. Is this where they crack?

[Bill]

Hard to tell from the photo.Go to your local welding supply store and get some Dye check.Or just be safer then sorry and replace it.

[fathead]

Thanks Bill,
Do they normally crack in a way/direction like that and in that area?

[Bill]

I never had one break or crack on our cars.Yet knock on wood.

[puravida]

I am in Torrance as well and do failure analysis for a living. I can magnaflux them for free if you like. PM me if your interested.

[Bill]

I am in Torrance as well and do failure analysis for a living. I can magnaflux them for free if you like. PM me if your interested.

What a great offer.People on this site are awesome.

[Ramsey_ElWardani]

Use the polishing method I talked to you about and see if the "crack" polishes out, if so it is not cracked but only a scratch. Keep "polishing" deeper if you still suspect a crack, you are not going to hurt a cracked CV and you might learn something interesting to share with us. I have never seen one crack there.

[Infidel Racing Team]

Never seen a crack there also, specially that long and in that direction......In case of doubt, replace it, it is not worth it. But do as Ramsey suggested, we might have a 1 of a kind crack here, worth sharing

[fathead]

Thanks guys, and thanks vida for the offer. After doing some more polishing it looks like a forging shunt (I thinks thats what they are called) What ever it is, it has been like that for a while, if not since new.






C.V.s SUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just spent the last 5 hours polishing, deburing, greasing, getting them back in. First time doing it. The second side went smoother, learned something new. I learned I don't like c.v.s

[5racer]

if there empi cv,s im sure it is a crack ,and if so throw all 4 away and start with good ones

[Jess@HighAngle]

if they were slightly different shape we may be able to do a ring no ring check- Jess