Drive Axel removal/installation - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

***Chris Tacoma*** · 11-16-2008, 10:02 PM

My wife has a 2000 Le 2.2 4cyl . Under acceleration there is a vibration at 45 mph. I rotated and balanced all the tires and still have the vibration under acceleration. I don't want my wife to have any problems so I believe in my opinion that it is the drive axles.
Anyone ever take on this task before ? I will be doing this in the next few weeks and wanted to know if anyone had anything to add that I should either look at or change while in the process. TIA

freeyellow2000 · 11-17-2008, 10:59 AM

Is there any irregular tire wear can cause vibration? Also is it properly inflated?

In order to get to the drive axles....

see this thread DIY - Front wheel bearing R&R

and this thread you make not need to follow all the steps depending if you replacing the drive axles or just repairing the CV boots

this is a "how to" on replacing the passenger's side CV boots (warning- many photos)

***Chris Tacoma*** · 11-18-2008, 01:58 PM

Thanks freeyellow2000

Jacked the car up and checked to see if the boots on the cv's were ripped and they weren't. Checked the tie rods and ball joints and no excessive movement. I'll update this post in the future if indeed the drive axles fix this problem or I find out what is causing this

I already checked the tires, and like I mentioned earlier the vibration is only under acceleration. :ahhhh: