BowlofRice

Symptom:

Trying to see if my axle is bad or something since I'm getting a very slight noise out of my rear end area(I think). It occurs when I'm at speed and will slightly die down when I clutch in but I can still hear it faintly.

Car info:

My car is a 2001 lowered by .75 or so and doesn't have the half-shaft spacers. It has 75k on it with about 900 miles being lowered.

What I've tried to do/check:

I am able to pull my axle from side(left) to side(right) minimally on both sides but the passenger side has more play. Also I'm able to go forward and backward a smidgen on the passenger side only.

I checked the wheels to see if they have play but they don't. Axle nuts are at 220 ft/lb. Boots are clean and not torn. Wheels don't have flat spots and balanced.

Round 3

what kind of noise? It might be your differential or your wheel bearings. axles shouldn't make to much noise

BowlofRice

It's a very light cyclical groan. That dies down after I clutch in. I can faintly hear it afterwards. Doesn't happen all the time either.

starchland

from my experience the passenger side axle has a bit of movement in/out where as the d/s has none.

toniotran

sounds like a bad wheel bearing.

BowlofRice

I'm startuing to think so too. The play is on the hub side of the axle.

Round 3

Play on the hub is most likely a wheel bearing or ball joints

BowlofRice

Safe to say wheel bearing? Or how can I tell the difference if it's one or the other? The play was at the axle going intothr hub. Shaking of the wheel didn't have any wobble.

BowlofRice

Okay I took some video of the noise. Doesn't seem to be coming from the wheels but more from the transmission... More odd noises in the second vid. I do normally have a lot of clutch buzz but this didn't sound like it at all. Possibly since the car doesn't have any load on the wheels?

First run going 20mph:

Inside the car: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlvU6dCaJOM
Outside the car: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOuxbA3sE-E

BowlofRice

Second run going 30mph-ish:

Inside: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8OOIL--m-M
Outside: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1fPkr4eEK0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSdCzWaZbHM