Is there a difference between cv-joints and drive shafts?
There may be some confusion by the way you asked the question because some people may refer to a drive shaft as being for a rear wheel drive vehicle.. The answer you are looking for is that although it is the constant velocity joint (C-V Joint) that is bad due to the boot becoming ripped and it losing all of its grease; it is not worth the extra labor on most vehicles (applies to Honda) to only replace the CV joint when the entire axle half shaft with the CV joint allready assembled on it can be bought for about the same price or perhaps a few bucks more. Many parts houses do not even stock individual CV joints except for certain cars where the CV joint is easily changed from off of the axle half-shaft (does not apply to your vehicle. Usually, the CV joint is pressed onto an obtuse tapered spline and you would need a specially tooled machine shop to pressit on. Some are slid on with an E clip to hold it in place. The best and by far the easiest way to repair is to replace the entire ha
