Rcrootbeer

Well my car is on coilovers which explains why I needed axles in the first place. So I took the axles to get rebuilt and put them back in and bolted everything up. However the drivers side axle wouldn't go into the transfer case 100%, it still has a .5" gap between the transfer case and the fat cylinder thing at the end of the axle. There is no play in the axle, however. I started to drive away and felt a thunk thunk thunk every time the wheel made a rotation.

I jacked it back up and took the wheels off and put it in drive to let the axles spin as if I was driving. Sure enough it was thunking. The passenger side axle was only spinning intermittently even though I had a constant foot on the pedal. Then the drivers side started to do it.

I took the rotor and caliper off the drivers side and then put it in drive, spinning just the hub and the noise went away... When I put everything back on and bolted up the wheel and put it in drive (still jacked up) I noticed the wheel was wobbling as it spun like it wasn't seated on the hub correctly. It was seated flush 100%

I noticed one of my wheel studs wasn't seated all the way so I fixed it and bolted everything back up, and it still wobbles, thunks, and engages and disengages on both sides.

My questions are, why is it making that noise/feeling?
Is the cylinder thing at the end of the drivers side axle supposed to be completely flush with the transfer case?
Could it be that the axle was incorrectly rebuilt?

None of it makes any sense and I can't figure it out. Please help.

nestorlugo

iTrader: (11)

I just changed my driver side axle and it Does Not sit flush with tranny the gap is normal.

I thought the same thing but when i looked at the old one there was a lil gap before the shinny metal so i figured it was good...

DennisMik

iTrader: (2)

I agree with nestorlugo, that 1/2 inch gap sounds about right. You don't want pieces to rub together.

I would make a guess and say that whoever re-built the axle probably lost a bearing out of the joint that is behind the wheel when they were putting it together.

venturous

I have had three Maxima's and now an I35 and I quit using rebuilt axles many years ago. I find that I can buy new ones online and not have to worry about a core, and so far, they have worked fine and I usually put a lot of miles on my cars. I have had problems with rebuilt axles.