Why Does My Rear Axle Look Like This? Starting To Give Up On This Car =[
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Why Does My Rear Axle Look Like This? Starting To Give Up On This Car =[
hey guys, once again same bulls*** problem with this car. Ive posted threads about different problem with my passenger axles and have replaced everything but this keeps happening. I haven't driven my car since the first time this happened which was about a month ago because i just can't seem to find the problem. My driver side axle is perfectly fine, all my alignment specs are the same (camber, toe etc etc)..my coil overs are the exact same height. I replaced the differential with half shafts to see if that was the problem and still nothing!!!! I was replacing the axle for the 3rd time this month today and once i start tightening it down to the wheel hub with the big nut this happens. can someone please chime in and give me ideas of what it could be?
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It happened when i was changing my studs a month ago, i was using a socket wrench to pull in the new studs with the washers and old lug nut (like the how to on this forum) and i think i tightened too hard and all of a sudden the hub was spinning even in gear with the car off. Can it be the hub itself or something inside the hub missing or broken thats causing my axle to pull out so easy? I ran this exact same suspension setup/specs for about 2 years now and NEVER had problems with my axles until after the day that the incident with the hub spinning after stud install happened. It has to be related to that 100%. PLEASE HELP, wekfest is in 10 days and i would really like to show case all the hard work i put into this car the past year.
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It happened when i was changing my studs a month ago, i was using a socket wrench to pull in the new studs with the washers and old lug nut (like the how to on this forum) and i think i tightened too hard and all of a sudden the hub was spinning even in gear with the car off. Can it be the hub itself or something inside the hub missing or broken thats causing my axle to pull out so easy? I ran this exact same suspension setup/specs for about 2 years now and NEVER had problems with my axles until after the day that the incident with the hub spinning after stud install happened. It has to be related to that 100%. PLEASE HELP, wekfest is in 10 days and i would really like to show case all the hard work i put into this car the past year.
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i do that every time i change the axle, but its the axle that is pulling it, as if the axle is too short but its not because I've triple checked. You see how the rubber boot is stretched out on the axle? it shouldn't be like that, if i try to push the half shaft back inside with it out it won't even move its like the axle is maxed out
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pretty much everything is fine until i have to tighten the axle to the hub with the big nut, thats when it pulls out from the opposite side being the differential side, and since the axle is already bolted to the shaft it bring out the shaft from the differential
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it feels that way, but what confuses me is that the oem shaft, oem differential and oem axles never had this problem for 2 years, until i changed my studs, even the oem stuff felt too short! thats where I'm confused, the shafts are straight from the dealer, I've gotten them replaced twice to make sure it wasn't the wrong one and its not =[[[[
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Since you are going to Weakfest, how much camber are you running?
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Is this one or both sides ? Have you thought about replacing the C clips that may be weaker over time, they are about $2 each from Nissan.
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I'm just thinking, as you add camber to destroy the looks of your car, you are actually extending the lower arms and you could be at a point of maxing out the axle. Just remove to camber , like drop to -4 and see what happens.
Is this one or both sides ? Have you thought about replacing the C clips that may be weaker over time, they are about $2 each from Nissan.
Is this one or both sides ? Have you thought about replacing the C clips that may be weaker over time, they are about $2 each from Nissan.
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the driver side axle is shorter than the one on my passenger by the looks of it, i did just switch to an lsd differential and kept my oem axles if that makes any difference?
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edit: just measured and both axles should be the lengths they should be =[ back to square one.
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i know lsd shafts are different but the shafts i got are for the lsd, just axles stayed the same...i ran that setup for years i know it can't be my camber or anything cause even with no negative camber problem still happens
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