I recently replaced my driver side axle due to it leaking around the boot, shaking steering wheel at 80mph~, and a terrible clunking / knocking sound. The shaking went away, however, the knocking and clunking stayed.

Now after installing new coilovers the front has been squeaking pretty bad, so I got under the car to check it out. I noticed where the driver side axle meets the halfshaft, a little bit of oil is dripping out. I checked to see if it was dripping from above, I'm positive it's coming from the axle. Is this happening because I didn't push the axle all the way in? Or is there a seal that could've gone bad in there?

Another sound that just popped up happens only when I turn right. It sounds like it's coming from the driver side. It sounds as if my tire is rubbing against the fender liner. Now I am kinda low and running 225/45/16 tires so I do occasionally rub so I figured maybe the fender liner was messed up and hitting the tire. When I checked, I saw nothing poking out that could hit the tire. Even after turning the wheel, neither driver side or pass. side were touching anything. Tomorrow I'm going to raise the car up and hopefully that'll fix a few of my annoying noises.

Any help is appreciated, Thanks!

<FONT SIZE="3">**Nov 2nd**</FONT>

I raised the car up some, the squeeking went away for good I think. But the clicking sound when turning right is still there, and so is the knocking sound.

Here are the pictures of the axle leak, tell me what you guys think.




Modified by iheartintegras at 9:47 PM 11/2/2007


Modified by iheartintegras at 9:48 PM 11/2/2007

 

Check to see if the axle seals (where the axles meet the tranny) inside the tranny are not damaged. If they are, replace them. Its easy to replace and no you do not have to drop the transmission. It almost sounds like the LSD is going bad too.

Pictures would help.

 

When I jack the car up again tomorrow I'll snap a few shots.

And I really hope it's not the lsd.. I noticed after buying the car, when turning onto an uneven street (if i were coming down hill and turning onto a flat street), one of the tires would actually break loose a little and screech like i was giving the car too much throttle. My car has only 52k miles, I'd hope the lsd wouldn't give out so soon. Though, I'm not the original owner =/

 

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