rmk232

Well, last Friday on my drive home I was left stranded because between 1st and 2nd gear my car made what I can equate to a 'works bomb' going off in my trunk noise, followed by what seemed like bolts in a blender and no power to the wheels. Figured my differential let loose and got it flat bedded home. Posted a video on here along with emails PuddyMod and was told it was most likely my right axle. Pulled it apart and in fact it was. However my wear in my buckets look much like that of cars running no half shaft spacers. I am replacing both axles now with either OEM or Raxles. My question is how did this happen with the T1R spacers. Technically this should have been avoided right? I also am confused on what appears to be a score near the ball on the prop that enters the bucket pictured below.

iamxpl

ever try running without spacers? are you excessively lowered? have you been launching the car?

Billman250

Spacers do absolutely NOTHING to prevent bucket wear, or axle failure. These are the facts.

A spacer will RELOCATE a pitted bucket and get rid of the acceleration shakes.

Take 2 brand new lowered s2ks with zero miles, one with spacers and one without. Both axles will pit at the exact same mileage.

Why the myth has gone on so long about axle spacers is a myth in itself.

That "score" you refer to is from the axle coming completely out of the bucket while under power, whether this instance or earlier in the car's life.

iamxpl

yeah i never saw the fascination with the spacers. my car was lowered excessively before. it has 80k miles on it. knock on wood i have not needed to swap buckets.

arsenal

It's not a myth, it's confusion, a big difference. The axle spacers do help stop, not prevent, vibrations under acceleration after lowering. Mine did it, and so have many others. The confusion is when people misread things and claim that others suggest using axle spacers to prevent the vibrations from occurring.

iamxpl

see this is a good example. its a temporary fix by moving the axle out of the pitted spot. my car was lowered for 2 years and never needed an axle spacer. best thing to do is either swap the buckets or buy new ones.

and your statement "The axle spacers do help stop, not prevent, vibrations under acceleration after lowering. Mine did it, and so have many others." can be interpreted as: once you lower the car it will get vibrations, due to excessively being lowered. and by putting on spacers it will stop it from vibrating. see what im saying?

it should be phrased that axle spacers may be a temporary fix by moving the axle out of the pitted spot. and maybe to help slow down the pitting once lowered, add the necessary suspension pieces to correct the suspension geometry. so that it will align the axle properly and not add additional stress.

atleast thats how i see it. .02

https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/693...r-lowered-car/

perfect explanation with pictures. its a damn sticky

Billman250

Agreed lots of confusion on this. Regurgitation of info is the problem.