Broken Rear Driver's Side Axle?
06-04-2012, 10:04 AM
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How where the brake pads/rotors damaged? Unless they just need replacing. Otherwise, exactly what I expected if you had a bearing go bad.
06-04-2012, 11:55 AM
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How much is that all gonna cost, Casey? Sounds pricey
06-04-2012, 12:17 PM
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The more I think about this situation I think something was slowly going wrong with that exact rear left corner for a matter of months. I kept hearing an intermittent rotational scraping sound when I would make right hand turns. Through that time I had a sticky rear left caliper that created a similar rotational scrapin sound. I did get new pads and rotors and I still heard the sound. Shame on me for not taking it into my trusted mechanic to evaluate that sound earlier. Because it kept coming and going I guess I had some ridiculous fantasy that the problem had solved itself. I think I never heard the sound at high speed and high rpm for obvious reasons due to all the noise my car makes from intake and exhaust.
06-04-2012, 01:27 PM
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I had a scraping noise in the rear before, and my ABS light would come and go intermittently. When I got home to check it out, the rear passenger area around the brakes was way hotter than the rear driver side. I thought it was a seized caliper, jacked the car up and when I was taking off the wheel I had a crazy amount of wheel bearing play.
Tow it to work the next day, when I go to gun the axle nut off, the axle broke off with the nut. Ended up replacing axle, hub, and wheel bearing.
Make sure you get an OEM axle! Not aftermarket. I had vibration with after market because the shaft on the aftermarket axle was so much smaller in diameter than the OEM. found a use OEM one on Craigslist and vibration went away.
Tow it to work the next day, when I go to gun the axle nut off, the axle broke off with the nut. Ended up replacing axle, hub, and wheel bearing.
Make sure you get an OEM axle! Not aftermarket. I had vibration with after market because the shaft on the aftermarket axle was so much smaller in diameter than the OEM. found a use OEM one on Craigslist and vibration went away.
06-04-2012, 03:40 PM
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Oh wow. I was thinking of going with a warrentid aftermarket and if an issue comes up to make a warranty claim. I'm scared to buy a used axle. Has anyone else had problems or heard of problems with after market axles. I know they are cheaper in cost but I'm asking about quality and durability an whatnot. Is it legit to run a aftermarket axle on one side and a oem original on the other.