What happens if you remove the driveshafts and drive around, other than
having no 4wd? They bolt to the front axle, does anything pop out if
the tension of the axles being there is gone?
Just thinking it'd be a good test, they don't look very hard to get out
when you don't have to dink with pulling splines out of a tranny like
you do with a FWD car.
MattB
Scott Lane wrote:
> you are correct
> Rascal
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> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 1:19 AM, Matt Beazer <teseract@moparhowto.com> wrote:
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>> It's just weird to me, coming from FWD cars I've never seen an axle get worn out in even that amount of time unless a boot was torn. The axles can be removed without disturbing anything that would affect the alignment, correct?
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>> Scott Lane wrote:
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>>> I am thinking cv axles...134k miles is a bunch of miles...
>>> just my guess
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>>> Rascal
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>>> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 12:46 AM, Matt Beazer <teseract@moparhowto.com> wrote:
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>>>> I don't know what my noise is anymore. Anyone live in Spokane WA who can come listen to it while I drive and find out where it's coming from? :p I'd ask my wife but she's got a broken leg and my 8 and 5 year olds can't reach the pedals. ;)
>>>> At this point I'm wondering if it's CV axles, though how they'd get that worn in 134k when they're not even being given torque from the engine most of the time is beyond me. I'll just change out the steering stuff and re-seal the rear diff with additive this time and get the new wheels/tires on there and trace the noise from there. I'm about ready to give up and take it to the local 4wd shop and tell them to diagnose the goddamn thing.
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>>>> At this point I miss my nice simple FWD. :(
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>>>> MattB
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