My front axles going bad?
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My front axles going bad?
Whenever I steer the car, I hear cracking noise and cracking vibrations on the chassis. It's mostly the driver side that's doing it but I'm hearing the right side too. The driver side axle was replaced with an Advance Auto one since I was in a hurry to fix this car but the right side is still the stock OEM. Is it axle related or something else?
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Any suspension work or mods?
Could be a faulty upper strut bearing or the shock may not be lined up correctly (OEM shock- There are two holes, one on the perch, one on the strut hat, that need to be lined up) Very well could be the spring popping in the perch.
If you do not see grease (Yellow) slung all over the under side of your car, and do not see any tears in your cv boots, I would vote against a faulty axle. I had an axle go out, by means of grease squeezing by the cv band. I recommend buying a used OE axle from AWDmotorsports.
Could be a faulty upper strut bearing or the shock may not be lined up correctly (OEM shock- There are two holes, one on the perch, one on the strut hat, that need to be lined up) Very well could be the spring popping in the perch.
If you do not see grease (Yellow) slung all over the under side of your car, and do not see any tears in your cv boots, I would vote against a faulty axle. I had an axle go out, by means of grease squeezing by the cv band. I recommend buying a used OE axle from AWDmotorsports.
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Any suspension work or mods?
Could be a faulty upper strut bearing or the shock may not be lined up correctly (OEM shock- There are two holes, one on the perch, one on the strut hat, that need to be lined up) Very well could be the spring popping in the perch.
If you do not see grease (Yellow) slung all over the under side of your car, and do not see any tears in your cv boots, I would vote against a faulty axle. I had an axle go out, by means of grease squeezing by the cv band. I recommend buying a used OE axle from AWDmotorsports.
Could be a faulty upper strut bearing or the shock may not be lined up correctly (OEM shock- There are two holes, one on the perch, one on the strut hat, that need to be lined up) Very well could be the spring popping in the perch.
If you do not see grease (Yellow) slung all over the under side of your car, and do not see any tears in your cv boots, I would vote against a faulty axle. I had an axle go out, by means of grease squeezing by the cv band. I recommend buying a used OE axle from AWDmotorsports.
It's a weird feeling when I steer the wheel. I can feel it crackling on the steering wheel as I steer left and right. I'm also wondering about the grease inside the boots. It just feels like something isn't lubricated whenever I steer. Whatever. I'll have to investigate more tomorrow...
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Depends how the bearing fails. I've seen wheel bearings make all different kind of noises. If you turn the wheel and you hear a noise on the opposite side its usually the wheel bearing. The bearing is being loaded because the weight is being transferred onto it.
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