another newbie question :)

[Dirtyjeep92]

what is a non cv yoke and a cv yoke? i have them mixxed up

[LittleD]

Just think of an axle shaft. A non cv axle uses a ujoint to connect the inner to the outer, the cv uses..well a cv joint.

[Buffalo Phil]

A CV joint is actually a cast steel housing that holds 2 u-joints. It allows for a steeper operating angle.

[Dirtyjeep92]

ok so a non cv is like the flange style right?

[customcreationsllc]

CV stands for constant velocity
single u-joint is not a CV joint the shaft actually speeds up and slows down. you can google why if you want hard to explain by typing.
That's why single U-joint angles need to be phased to cancel out the speeding up and slowing down to eliminate vibration.

Everything else is basically a CV joint. from a double u-joint a u-joint is also called a cardan joint so a double cardan that's what people think of for drive shaft CV joints
or what most people think of with as CV joints the one with all the balls, rezappa or something like that, which are used at the axles, and a few driveshafts, again search google.

[konastinky1234]

first 2 shafts/outputs are CV style. notice the double ujoint housings that hold 2 ujoints. that's the big difference that makes a CV better, it can operate steeper like phil said and not have vibrations on acceleration/deceleration like a non CV would.

lowest one is a non CV style. notice the SINGLE ujoint in that one.