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Hi all. I've just replaced both dirve axles on my '90 Civic LX with ARI
brand remanufacured items, due to split boots on the ones that were on
there. Everything went fine with the swap but upon road testing the car
afterwards I noticed a scraping/rattling noise on full steering lock,
apparently coming from the right axle. I removed that axle and exchanged it
for another and now the noise is much better but still there. More of a
rattle or knock that does not seem to be the typical rhythmic sound
associated with a bad CV joint. I'm suspicious that it's unlikely that I
got two consecutive bad axles, but I can't think of anything else that could
be causing this problem. The car has 100K miles and this is the second time
the axles have been replaced. It has a five speed manual trans and the
power steering leaks. Any ideas?

Thanks, WW

WaterWatcher wrote:
> Hi all. I've just replaced both dirve axles on my '90 Civic LX with ARI
> brand remanufacured items, due to split boots on the ones that were on
> there. Everything went fine with the swap but upon road testing the car
> afterwards I noticed a scraping/rattling noise on full steering lock,
> apparently coming from the right axle. I removed that axle and exchanged it
> for another and now the noise is much better but still there. More of a
> rattle or knock that does not seem to be the typical rhythmic sound
> associated with a bad CV joint. I'm suspicious that it's unlikely that I
> got two consecutive bad axles, but I can't think of anything else that could
> be causing this problem. The car has 100K miles and this is the second time
> the axles have been replaced. It has a five speed manual trans and the
> power steering leaks. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks, WW
>
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Bad motor mount throwing everything off-center?

'Curly'

"motsco_ _" <"motsco_ _"@interbaun.com> wrote in message
news:410D75E9.9070408@interbaun.com...
> WaterWatcher wrote:
> > Hi all. I've just replaced both dirve axles on my '90 Civic LX with ARI
> > brand remanufacured items, due to split boots on the ones that were on
> > there. Everything went fine with the swap but upon road testing the car
> > afterwards I noticed a scraping/rattling noise on full steering lock,
> > apparently coming from the right axle. I removed that axle and
exchanged it
> > for another and now the noise is much better but still there. More of a
> > rattle or knock that does not seem to be the typical rhythmic sound
> > associated with a bad CV joint. I'm suspicious that it's unlikely that
I
> > got two consecutive bad axles, but I can't think of anything else that
could
> > be causing this problem. The car has 100K miles and this is the second
time
> > the axles have been replaced. It has a five speed manual trans and the
> > power steering leaks. Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks, WW
> >
> ===============
>
> Bad motor mount throwing everything off-center?
>
> 'Curly'
>
Hmmm, that's an idea. I notice that I get a slight vibration while
accelerating. That could be a motor mount. How would you check it out?
Other than replacing the mounts, of course...

WW

On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 22:14:04 GMT, "WaterWatcher" <replytogroup@donotmail.com>
wrote:

||Hi all. I've just replaced both dirve axles on my '90 Civic LX with ARI
||brand remanufacured items, due to split boots on the ones that were on
||there. Everything went fine with the swap but upon road testing the car
||afterwards I noticed a scraping/rattling noise on full steering lock,
||apparently coming from the right axle. I removed that axle and exchanged it
||for another and now the noise is much better but still there. More of a
||rattle or knock that does not seem to be the typical rhythmic sound
||associated with a bad CV joint. I'm suspicious that it's unlikely that I
||got two consecutive bad axles, but I can't think of anything else that could
||be causing this problem. The car has 100K miles and this is the second time
||the axles have been replaced. It has a five speed manual trans and the
||power steering leaks. Any ideas?

It may be that you need to look for a better grade of reman axle. There are
still "rebuilders" out there hand-grinding ballraces with a die grinder. The
good ones - Cardone, for example - either uses a very expensive CNC grinder, or
uses new joints.
Texas Parts Guy