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Hi, my wife drives a 1999 camry ,she
was told by discount tires that her car
needs new axles so I checked for wobble ,
noise when driving, vibration, and slop where
the axels input to driveaxle and transaxle.
the cv boots are in good condition(no cracks,or tears).
I lifted the car so the tires can spin freely.
If I grab the intermediate part of shaft between
cv joints and rotate axle it has a bit of slop
and I hear metal hit metal when it engages.
it is very little but definately there.
does this mean I can replace Just the splined part of shaft
that connects to inner cv joint and goes into transaxle/driveaxle?
both sides have slop.
or is this potentially a bigger problem?
any input would be great , I know nothing
about front wheel drive cars.
Do you hear any noise when you are driving? If the axles are not leaking grease, not noisy, and you don't experience any vibration when driving, there isn't any reason why you need to replace them.
if boot isnt torn or busted and there isnt a clicking noise when turning...your axles are fine. if you do want to replace your axles...NEVER buy axles from a auto parts store like auto zone or advence auto. they buy rebuilt or new axles that use cheap parts. most times they wont last more then a year.
The axle shaft itself is always shifting in and out of the inside tripod joints of the axle to compensate for the suspension travel. And the joints themselves have slight up and down movements. If axles are indeed causing a problem you would have feel it and hear it, or see it as fluid leak.
N.E.O.
Last edited by new echo owner; 09-17-2008 at 03:51 PM.
It's a 1999. How much longer will you keep it?
-If the boots aren't greasy then this is good. Dirt getting inside kills a cv joint.
-If you aren't hearing any ball bearing clicks when you accelerate or turn, then things are just fine. Save your money.
Please explain what you mean by slop. A new axle shaft is going to slide in an axial direction even as new. It must because the length varies infinitely as you turn.
Finally, I have used Auto Zone type replacement half shafts with good success. Price the parts at Toyota first and you will find you can buy 2 or 3 half axle assemblies for the price of one at Toyota that is itself likely rebuilt. You can also buy the cv joints from Toyota and swap them out yourself if you have a few specific tools, but swapping the whole half axle is much easier and cleaner.
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"People who think they know it all are particularly irritating to those of us who do."
what I mean by slop is that if I grab the axle and rotate it by hand
it moves a fraction before the splines engage and actually start affecting
diff/trans. power transfer is not imediate.
once it engages and I continue rotating there is no noise.
just the first .5mm(estimate) of movement from a standstill causes
a noise and then nothing.
is that normal?
on my car there is no sound and that power transfer is imediate.
I also have a vlsd. do not know if that makes any difference
It shouldn't make any difference actually, since the VSC system has more to do with engine control and the brake system. Anyway, the amount you mentioned is normal, there gears in the transmission that require a small amount of play to account for the expansion due to heat. If you are not experiencing any thing abnormal, noise and vibration, I doubt you have anything you should be worrying about.
It shouldn't make any difference actually, since the VSC system has more to do with engine control and the brake system. Anyway, the amount you mentioned is normal, there gears in the transmission that require a small amount of play to account for the expansion due to heat. If you are not experiencing any thing abnormal, noise and vibration, I doubt you have anything you should be worrying about.
N.E.O.
Thank You,
that anwer makes sense.
Guess I dont need axles for my wifes car.
I actually do mean vlsd on my 240sx .
I got from a 91 q45 differential and installed on my car.
( a common swap on high hp 240sx's)
vlsd stands for viscous limited slip differential
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