Ok, so I snapped an axle in my '95 LSt. Bought new axles (both sides, from Autozone) and installed them. Now the car shakes during acceleration.

Its fine while cruising but applying more throttle instantly makes the ride rougher (like the road switches to gravel) and the longer I accelerate the worse it gets. I held out up till ~6psi and it was so bad I thought it was gonna shake the doors off.

Car has new Jim Fab motor mounts, Omnipower coil overs and camber kit professionally aligned by sears, its pretty low about 1 finger gap or less ... but wasn't a problem before. New tires, mounted and balanced.

This just started after I replaced the axles but I have changed axles before, I'm quite capable, never had problems before. They look like there in all the way. Brought it back home and put it up on jack stands. Nothing loose or out of place. Axles still look new, no rubbing issues, not hot to the touch, can spin either wheel easily by hand on stands ....

 

This often happens w/non oem axles. Usually when they reman them they don't balance them causing them to make your car shake under certain acceleration conditions. This happens to every honda I've ridden in that has non oem reman axles installed in it. The only way to fix it is to get them balanced at a driveshaft shop or to buy some that are rebalanced after they are rebuilt.

 

I hear a lot of bad things about autozone axles...remanufactured ones anyway. You said 6psi, i'm assuming you've got some boost going on here. May want to look into some stage 2 axles. Otherwise, those axles have a lifetime warantee dont they? Take um back.

Edit: Also, after I swapped mine, I had the SAME issue. Took it ina dn got an alignment/balance and all was perfect

Hope that all helps.

 

I thought alot of us were running the autozone specials for their lifetime warranty ??? Is this a common problem ?

 

I had a vibration problem during acceleration and was told it was axles, so I went thru a few sets until I discovered the real problem. The rear mount bracket bolts had vibrated loose, and was allowing the engine to put a bad angle on the axle inner joints, causing them to fail and vibrate madly. I fixed the mount, installed new axles again, and no vibrations since.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sam92Teg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I had a vibration problem during acceleration and was told it was axles, so I went thru a few sets until I discovered the real problem. The rear mount bracket bolts had vibrated loose, and was allowing the engine to put a bad angle on the axle inner joints, causing them to fail and vibrate madly. I fixed the mount, installed new axles again, and no vibrations since.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Everything was tight underneath ... I am begining to wonder if the replacements might have less of a tolerance for how low the car is... but sounds like once it does this it ruined so all this work and $$$ and I have brand new worthless axles this is rediculous

 

I just replaced my rear mount on my LS and I have good axles, but they still vibrate under acceleration. Just take them out and get them balanced at a driveshaft shop...I know the one local to me only charges $40 per side...they balance them by removing a little material at certain places, the same way they balance rwd driveshafts.

 

there is a possibility that one of the cv joints are binding slightly which translates into the wobble you're experiencing... just a thought though...

 

Considering his axles are in a car that originally came with the motor and he isnt that low i don't think binding would be an issue...

 

I have been through three sets of shitty Autozone axles and they all had the same problem. They essentially take an old axle, reboot it and resell it. The joint is what is causing the shaking and they don't even check it.

I just said expletive it and bought a set of Gator stage 2 axles because I was sick of replacing my axles with autozone hunks of **** that would fail within a few thousand miles.

 

I pulled the reman on the passenger side and swapped the stocker back in and that solved it. So I took the reman back to auto zone to exchange it and they gave me another one (in a different box than the first 2 but same part #) and I installed it today. I would say there is more vibration felt under full boost acceleration than with the stockers but its much less noticeable than the violent shaking on the first round. And its fine for part throttle acceleration like passing on the hwy etc.

 

I'm also running CCT axles bought from Napa (same brand AutoZone sells) and it took 3 sets to finally get a pair that did NOT vibrate under acceleration. I've been on this 3rd set now for nearly 2 years without problems.

I would not settle for any vibration whatsoever. I just kept pulling them and taking them back and getting more sets until I got a decent set.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PatrickGSR94 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I'm also running CCT axles bought from Napa (same brand AutoZone sells) and it took 3 sets to finally get a pair that did NOT vibrate under acceleration. I've been on this 3rd set now for nearly 2 years without problems.

I would not settle for any vibration whatsoever. I just kept pulling them and taking them back and getting more sets until I got a decent set.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I am calling this good. The vibration I feel now is only at WOT 10psi ... and not much at all .... just not smooth like stock was ....

Plus I am sick of screwing with this for now and I have many other projects that need to happen on this car. I am sure I will break them before too long anyway ...

 

you all know you can buy Brand New GCK from Autozone. They are not remans. I got fed up with the remans too.. Autozone employees dont tell us they have brand new unless you ask specifically for brand new. They are only like $25 more and have the lifetime warranty.. My first set, and I've still never had any problems with them.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 92integraVTECgsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you all know you can buy Brand New GCK from Autozone. They are not remans. I got fed up with the remans too.. Autozone employees dont tell us they have brand new unless you ask specifically for brand new. They are only like $25 more and have the lifetime warranty.. My first set, and I've still never had any problems with them.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I noticed that on their screen when I took the reman in for exchange ... if I get any more trouble from them I will pay the difference for a new one upon exchange.

 

I got 5k on my pep boys axles and have never had a vibration problem or a breaking problem pushing alot of power...... My car did wobble at one point in time and the culprit was 2 missing tranny bolts....the rest were loose and the tranny was not even sitting against the block, I DIDNT DO THE INSTALL so im not the douche bag.

 

Thats because they're pep boys axles. Autozone sells the shitties of ****.

 

Don't just blame auto zone, other stores sell the same axles, like Napa.

 

Yeah my friend got them at Advance and National auto and both came w/o the balancers and make his car shake. Pretty much all cheap Reman axles suck.

 

Those rubber balancer thingies in the middle of the stock axles aren't 100% necessary. The car shakes during acceleration because of bad inner joints. My current axles do not vibrate at all but they do not have those balancer things either.

Even with the balancers, if the inner joints are bad it will still vibrate during acceleration.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 92integraVTECgsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you all know you can buy Brand New GCK from Autozone. They are not remans. I got fed up with the remans too.. Autozone employees dont tell us they have brand new unless you ask specifically for brand new. They are only like $25 more and have the lifetime warranty.. My first set, and I've still never had any problems with them.</TD></TR></TABLE> Yup.

I have changed out many sets myself due to vibration, keep thinking I fed up the boot somehow again, yet, I notice, all remanufacture axle sucks!

Paid the difference at autozone, now they work like a charm. For Brand NEW! axles.

*some remanufacture axles appear to be badly repaired, Ive even seen some that snap, and you see them weld the axles back together!!!! yuck.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jfoster &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I am calling this good. The vibration I feel now is only at WOT 10psi ... and not much at all .... just not smooth like stock was ....

Plus I am sick of screwing with this for now and I have many other projects that need to happen on this car. I am sure I will break them before too long anyway ...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Ok, so i took the car out tonight and it went from not so bad to just as bad as before from one pull to the next ....

 

I have the same problem with my axles ever since i replaced a vibration during acceleration.

 

I mean, i know my non-boosted teg vibrates pretty bad, but the inner joints dont feel like they have too much play in them.
I know my friend's teg didnt start vibrating until he snapped his OEM axle and replaced it with a reman. He then tried two different reman axles and both shook just as much. In the end he bought a new axle from advance, and it STILL shakes, but a lot less than with the other axles, and since he installed it, the shaking has gotten less intense.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Danronian &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I mean, i know my non-boosted teg vibrates pretty bad, but the inner joints dont feel like they have too much play in them.
I know my friend's teg didnt start vibrating until he snapped his OEM axle and replaced it with a reman. He then tried two different reman axles and both shook just as much. In the end he bought a new axle from advance, and it STILL shakes, but a lot less than with the other axles, and since he installed it, the shaking has gotten less intense.</TD></TR></TABLE>

They all just have bad inner joints, simple as that. There should be zero play on the inner joints. My current CCT remans. do not vibrate at all, during acceleration or any other time. Seems like it's sorta hit/miss with that stuff.