Lowering your car puts wear on axels ???
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Lowering your car puts wear on axels ???
My friend Mark that drives an ITR said that a guy told him that his axles were worn due to the lower ride than normal with his car. Is that true? Do your axles wear different when you ride height is lowered? Tell me what you think... 
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Re: Lowering your car puts wear on axels ??? (roadracewade)
Lowering definitely puts the axles at a different angle than stock. This can cause increased wear depending on suspension geometry. How much is it lowered?
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Re: Lowering your car puts wear on axels ??? (turbohappy)
Umm...
What "wore" on the axles? The axle isn't a wear part, but the axle bearings can be. Although I would agree that lowering places the suspension geometry in a condition that is different than stock, I would expect any additional bearing stress to be the result of not correcting the alignment changes made by lowering the car (camber, toe, etc.). Was he running wheels with a different offset than stock?
What "wore" on the axles? The axle isn't a wear part, but the axle bearings can be. Although I would agree that lowering places the suspension geometry in a condition that is different than stock, I would expect any additional bearing stress to be the result of not correcting the alignment changes made by lowering the car (camber, toe, etc.). Was he running wheels with a different offset than stock?
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Re: Lowering your car puts wear on axels ??? (edlocke)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by edlocke »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Umm...
What "wore" on the axles? </TD></TR></TABLE>
I think he's actually asking about the CV joints. like you said, axles are just hunks of steel, and axel was a guitar player in a band.
to answer that question, excessive lowering ("slizzammed") can lead to excessive CV joint wear
What "wore" on the axles? </TD></TR></TABLE>
I think he's actually asking about the CV joints. like you said, axles are just hunks of steel, and axel was a guitar player in a band.
to answer that question, excessive lowering ("slizzammed") can lead to excessive CV joint wear
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Re: Lowering your car puts wear on axels ??? (JoelG)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JoelG »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
and axel was a guitar player in a band.
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I could have sworn that was Axl, and that he was the lead singer, piano player, tempermental overgrown child of a most excellent hard rock band...
and axel was a guitar player in a band.
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I could have sworn that was Axl, and that he was the lead singer, piano player, tempermental overgrown child of a most excellent hard rock band...
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Re: Lowering your car puts wear on axels ??? (roadracewade)
1- hey, I'm a GnR fan, but Axl is still an a-hole. He sucks live - big time. I should know, I've been to several of their concerts - they even actually played at one of them...
2- on-topic: lowering changes the angles at the CV joints. This can cause accelerated wear. I have not had this issue on my old GSR, but it was only lowered about 1+ inch. As another example, my 4wd Tundra doesn't like to be lifted more than about 1.5 inch. Anything more causes the CV boots to slip off the CV joint and leak all over, resulting in eventual joint failure.
2- on-topic: lowering changes the angles at the CV joints. This can cause accelerated wear. I have not had this issue on my old GSR, but it was only lowered about 1+ inch. As another example, my 4wd Tundra doesn't like to be lifted more than about 1.5 inch. Anything more causes the CV boots to slip off the CV joint and leak all over, resulting in eventual joint failure.
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