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[STiPWRD]

I think at least 1 is aftermarket. If you look in my pic the inner joint has a smooth cup on the closer axle, and 3 large grooves on the cup on the axle behind it. I can't get the inner joint apart on the further axle and there are different grooves on the axle shaft itself under the boots too. I'm dropping them off at Subaru so they can pull them apart for me. I've spent enough time on these and I'm sure my neighbors are sick of hearing the thuds from using the pipe trick.

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That's interesting, the further one with the green pain on the inner CV joint looks to be OEM. I would've expected that one to separate more easily. You may want to check the spline count on the Chinese CV joint, I've rarely seen aftermarket CV joints that are compatible with OEM/FFR shafts.

[mcamera]

That's interesting, the further one with the green pain on the inner CV joint looks to be OEM. I would've expected that one to separate more easily. You may want to check the spline count on the Chinese CV joint, I've rarely seen aftermarket CV joints that are compatible with OEM/FFR shafts.

You're right the green one is the OEM. Bob pointed out there's a retaining clip on the inner CV joint of the OEM axle. On the aftermarket inner joint, there was no clip holding the tri-lobe in. That's why I was confused when the OEM didn't come apart as easily. I wasn't looking for a clip.

Both outer joints were installed in the front spindles when I got them so I know they fit. I bought new rear axles from FFR so luckily I don't need to reuse any of the front axles including the Chinese one.

[Scott Meyer]

Actually you need to keep the outer axle stub that goes back into the front spindle knuckle, and this gets bolted back into the hub with the large 32 mm nut. This is how the hub and bearings are retained on the knuckle.