accordepicenter

hmm. One time i had an inner cv explode and spit its little steel donuts everywhere... Surprisingly the tripod on the end of the driveshaft that fits into the cv cup wedged itself into place enough for me to get home. It vibrated like hell but got me home.

JFoster

Ok so I got around to pulling them again today and called up to AZ and explained and got them to agree to take them + $$ for the new (not remanned) axles. They said they would have to order them but they would take ~5days. So I went up there and they can't order them because their supplier is out or something so I asked if I could just get my money back and after a brief " Now, you don't ever race this car do you? " , type thing I got a refund ...

But that just leaves me where I started money wise and plus now I have no cores :1

So IDK what to do ... are Pepboys axles known to be good? I almost want to spend the money on DSS stg 1s but thats really more than I can spend and what if I get them and it still shakes then I am really broke and still fucked ....

Might the intermediate shaft be to blame? I imagine its original with 167k on it ... when I was pulling the drivers side axle out of it today I kinda thought that there was alittle more up and down play than there should be , like maybe a 1/16 of an inch either way wen it was still all the way in and seated but that doesn't explain it coming and going with the remanned axle install ...

Suggestions?

danronian

My friend who had a shaking problem (with the boosted 97 LS), said he did a big smokey burnout, and it went away.

Your problem is sucky. I'd look into mid-shaft play b/c if there is any, i cant imagine the car wouldnt shake. I would just slap another set of remans in it. I mean, its all your gonna get for cheap, and you need axles. I'd just assume that the remans are good and look to other things like your diff or the midshaft. I mean it doesnt make sense that these two things could be to blame b/c of axles getting better and worse depending on the one installed....but what does make sense here?

My shaking sucks, but I can live with it. It doesnt make the car outa control, its just a pain and makes stuff rattle at certain speeds. I figure since I'm going lower soon, i'll probably mess up an axles in no time, so i'll just buy some of those balanced Raxles at some point.

Good luck with your mystery shaking.

HMT-Admin

Mystery shaking can easily be led to your car being to low, or a Ishaft going out. If your car is lower then 2.5inches your axles are going to be a little bit at a goofy angle, If you have coil overs try raising it up to see if it will go away.


and pep boys axles arent any better than any others out there on the market, I've tried from csk/autozone/pep whatever, they are all about the same. Or try this place, its about 10 blocks from my house, pretty decent ----.

http://www.fwdaxles.com/

danronian

I've heard this from people soo many times but I know plenty of people with slammed and boosted honda that have no shaking problem and don't even break oem axles unless they're running slicks. My friend's 97 LS is dropped over 3 inches and even doing burnouts every week with his turbo'd car, his axles only shake a bit... I think its pretty much a throw-up whether you get a good reman or not, and with dropped cars, it seems your chances or even more slim to get some that don't shake...

JFoster

I guess I'll try raising it up a bit on the next round ... but not much, maybe an 1/8"

Thinkin about these -> http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1576175 since I have no cores ... thoughts? Better ideas?

danronian

That sucks for the price. Did you call up some local shops for prices on new non-reman axles? I know my one friend bought one for his teg and it cost twice as much as the reman, but they should carry them, probably will be the same price as pro-street minus shipping. I've seen some used gator axles go for under $300...sucks you cant find some of them.

JFoster

Yeah I have been looking for a used set of Gators or DSS axles. I guess I'll see if Pepboys has a set of new axles available since AZ can't get them.

Guys what can I be doing in the mean time to check other possible sources of my shaking problem?

Zeniceguycrx

use a pry bar under your nuckle and pry it up to see if u have any bj play, also check your inner and outer tierods

SpankedYA!

I have autozone axles on my CRX and they are fine. The car is lowered about 1.75 inches.