hey everyone, ive searched and looked thru a few threads but just wonderin what u guys think. I just had bf goodrich drag radials 205/50/15's mounted on my fat five wheels only in the front and had them balanced, also changed out my passenger side axle cuase it was clicking with a brand new one from advanced auto parts and now i notice a rough vibration coming from the front end under acceleration only, not while just cruising at any speed. I checked my motor mounts and they are all good. I was thinking its the new axle most likely but its new...Do new axles have to break in for a while before they become really smooth??? i figure it can't be my wheels being off balance because i would feel the vibration while the wheels were spinning at any speed rather than just strictly under hard acceleration........please help me, think i should take my axle back and try to get a different one? LMK thanks guys

 

Replace the axle.

 

ya thats what i think im gonna do. if still does it then maybe rebalance wheels and if it still does it then IDK. but thanks for the advise.

 

hey everyone, bad news. As i was driving today this front end shaking got extremely bad only when i gave it gas, a little or a lot it didn't matter. I pulled over into a parking lot and lifted up the car and took the wheel off to check it out, its definitly coming from the right side and it feels as if the wheel has nothing but a single support keeping it in place and it just shakes like crazy causing a serious front end vibration. Well i changed out the axle thinking it was that and still did it so now i think its the wheel hub bearing. A mechanic told me a while back while performing and alignment that my wheel bearings seemed a little worn out cuase the wheels would move slightly if you grabbed and moved them with no steering input. I dont know if I can get away wtih just a new bearing or the whole hub assembly. I'll have to check it out let me know what you guys think, please help, thanks

 

The fronts require only a bearing. The rears require the entire hub...

 

help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

Jack your car up in the air on the offending side. Leave the other side on the ground. If you can move the wheel back and forth and feel play, its your wheel bearing.

But I have had axles go bad many MANY times on me, out of box, so be careful. And make sure its pushed into the transmission fully. Vibration like that usually comes from a bad inner CV joint, or the axle is loose in the transmission.

 

jdm ej-i always check and make sure the axle is in the tranny all the way, its not sticking out at all just like the other side and in order to get it off i use a ball joint spliter and barely wedge it between the hub on the axle and the tranny and I pry it for it to come off. idk this is pissing me off. I'm goin out to take a look now. thanks

 

problem fixed, it was the driverside axle on the inside part. changed it and everythings good, thanks everyone.