how can i tell if i have 22spline shafts?

[Rich]

I know its mainly gtes, but heard some early gsi had them as well. Mines a h reg gsi, is there a way i can tell without removing the cv joint?

rich

[Lee]

You should be able to count the splines if you just peel back the boot and wipe the grease off.

[Rich]

Im lazy and the shafts are still on my car. Im sure there was somthing on here about a slight bump where the cv boots sits? Cant remember who it was that could tell

[Lee H]

Boots go smaller where they are fastened onto the cv's with 22 spline ones, the 28 spline ones have boots that fasten on at there widest point.

Hard to explain!

[Lee]

Boots go smaller where they are fastened onto the cv's with 22 spline ones, the 28 spline ones have boots that fasten on at there widest point.

Hard to explain!

I thought that was just on the cav 1600 inners, not the Nova ones?

[Lee H]

I thought that was just on the cav 1600 inners, not the Nova ones?

Both as I always keep the nova boots on when converting as the cav inners don't usually come with them from my local motorfactors.

[Lee]

lol, cool, as I was going to post that originally and then developed a complete lack of confidence in the facts

[Welsh Dan]

Nova 22 spline inner CV joints look like this:
http://www.xen0phobiak.f2s.com/novaload/shaft.jpg

[Rich]

spankyou all very much :) im sure i have 22spline shafts makes things a bit easier now

+Rep

[Cheeze]

I just removed my cv's from my gsi shafts tonight and they are also 22 spline, but the boot didn't sit like the image above!