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Clicking noise at diff shaft |
john77 |
Sep 1 2015, 07:39 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 621 Joined: 21-February 14 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 17,027 Region Association: Southern California |
I pulled both my axles to replace the diff shaft seals on my transmission a couple of weeks ago and have noticed my diff is now making a loud clicking noise if I rock the car back and forth. Is this normal? I'm not sure if I'm just being paranoid and it was there before I did the work.
There is play in the shaft, with the back wheels off the ground I can rotate the wheel a little either way before the diff engages. The video below is the car parked and me just rocking it back and forth. I torqued the trans flange bolt to 19ft/lbs. https://youtu.be/_Fd0a1WgzHM |
Chris H. |
Sep 2 2015, 06:19 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4,043 Joined: 2-January 03 From: Chicago 'burbs Member No.: 73 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Believe it or not Tangerine Racing's have a machined lip:
Type 1 CVs These are the only ones I found that do. Chris must machine them or pay to have them done. Well worth the extra $20 or so to get the stock gasket to fit. Been researching CVs since I'm getting pretty good at breaking the old ones. I agree with Curt, neither of the scenarios you describe sounds good. You don't want it welded on, and you don't want it to slip off with no circlip either. It will just slip out eventually. BTW I got my new CVs and the difference between a new CV and an old rattly one is pretty surprising. The new one feels solid, very little movement, ready to work. The old one felt easy to move in and out, much more loose. |
john77 |
Sep 2 2015, 08:17 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 621 Joined: 21-February 14 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 17,027 Region Association: Southern California |
Believe it or not Tangerine Racing's have a machined lip: Type 1 CVs These are the only ones I found that do. Chris must machine them or pay to have them done. Well worth the extra $20 or so to get the stock gasket to fit. Been researching CVs since I'm getting pretty good at breaking the old ones. I agree with Curt, neither of the scenarios you describe sounds good. You don't want it welded on, and you don't want it to slip off with no circlip either. It will just slip out eventually. BTW I got my new CVs and the difference between a new CV and an old rattly one is pretty surprising. The new one feels solid, very little movement, ready to work. The old one felt easy to move in and out, much more loose. Ugh, thanks Curt/Chris, obviously not what i wanted to hear, but good to know. What is the life expectancy of a cv joint? I ax the car once a month and drive it daily - my commute's only about a 5 mile round trip though. |
914_teener |
Sep 2 2015, 01:17 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,245 Joined: 31-August 08 From: So. Cal Member No.: 9,489 Region Association: Southern California |
Believe it or not Tangerine Racing's have a machined lip: Type 1 CVs These are the only ones I found that do. Chris must machine them or pay to have them done. Well worth the extra $20 or so to get the stock gasket to fit. Been researching CVs since I'm getting pretty good at breaking the old ones. I agree with Curt, neither of the scenarios you describe sounds good. You don't want it welded on, and you don't want it to slip off with no circlip either. It will just slip out eventually. BTW I got my new CVs and the difference between a new CV and an old rattly one is pretty surprising. The new one feels solid, very little movement, ready to work. The old one felt easy to move in and out, much more loose. Ugh, thanks Curt/Chris, obviously not what i wanted to hear, but good to know. What is the life expectancy of a cv joint? I ax the car once a month and drive it daily - my commute's only about a 5 mile round trip though. I'd be more concerned about your life expectancy with the way you describe the set up that was put together. Pull both your axles and assemble the CV's per spec. and stay off the freeway until then. My .02. |
john77 |
Sep 2 2015, 02:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 621 Joined: 21-February 14 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 17,027 Region Association: Southern California |
Believe it or not Tangerine Racing's have a machined lip: Type 1 CVs These are the only ones I found that do. Chris must machine them or pay to have them done. Well worth the extra $20 or so to get the stock gasket to fit. Been researching CVs since I'm getting pretty good at breaking the old ones. I agree with Curt, neither of the scenarios you describe sounds good. You don't want it welded on, and you don't want it to slip off with no circlip either. It will just slip out eventually. BTW I got my new CVs and the difference between a new CV and an old rattly one is pretty surprising. The new one feels solid, very little movement, ready to work. The old one felt easy to move in and out, much more loose. Ugh, thanks Curt/Chris, obviously not what i wanted to hear, but good to know. What is the life expectancy of a cv joint? I ax the car once a month and drive it daily - my commute's only about a 5 mile round trip though. I'd be more concerned about your life expectancy with the way you describe the set up that was put together. Pull both your axles and assemble the CV's per spec. and stay off the freeway until then. My .02. I totally hear you. I've spoken to Chris, and his CV joints won't fit - mine are 6 bolt, as opposed to the 4 bolt/2pin lobro joints - but he's kindly offered to help me figure out what I do need. The weird thing is I've ran this set up for 18 months and 12 AX events with no problems. The problem only started when I pulled it to replace the diff shaft seal. |
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