My mechanic said that the axles on my car are to long. I have a 90 civic hatch with a poor mans ITR. It is sitting pretty low right now and I have Omni Power coilovers can I just raise the ride height to fix the problem?

 

Did he tell you why he thought they were too long? Are they binding against the hub? Where the dust rings removed?

 

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Yeah I've never had a problem with them. Don't know how they could be to long.

 

What axles are you using anyways?

 

He said that he thought they were too long because of a distinct vibration that would go away when the car raised up after hitting a bump. I felt the vibration when we were towing the car over to the shop because of other problems. I thought it could be the tires, because I have the old Falken Azenas. He didn't really give a definitive answer, but then again I didn't really ask. Unfortunetly I do not know what axles are in there I assumed that the guy I bought the car from had selected the right ones for that swap into that car. Also there is some axle grease that has been spinning up on the fire wall from the passenger side if that means anything. I am going to try raising the ride height after I get it back hopefully that will straiten the axles a little more, but I really don't know what's up

 

So if anybody is wondering I raised the car about three inches and all the vibration went away. The axles were to long and the guy I bought the car from had it slammed out way past where it should have been.

 

Raxles hybrid axles. They are shorter.

 

Axles wouldn't be too long. They may have been overextened, and at an unfavorable angle which causes binding in the cv joints. Raising the car would technically shorten the axles as they retract back into their cups.

Janos

 

Actually, raising the car will lengthen the axles. I have my car lowered, and at its current height the axles are level.

 

Yes and no. It's all relative. The axles will be at their shortest point when the 2 ends are perfectly parallel. When the wheel goes up or down from that frame of reference, the length will be increased somewhat as the inboard joint pulls out to accomodate for the greater length. Just look at a right triangle.

From his frame of reference, raising the car back up removed some of that angular misalignment and effectively decreased the overall length of his axles. If he had lifted his car, then yes they would be longer again.

Janos

 

i ran in to the same issue. i went to low and got a vibration because my axles were binding up. i raised 1/2 inch and it went away

 

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did anyone ever check to make sure their dust rings were removed?

 

I didn't need to remove em with my swap, no problems. If u get the right axles, its not necessary.

Janos

 

My dust rings are still in, and like Janos, no issues.

 

my car is doing the same thing but whene i put the old ones in it dont do it no more

 

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raxles with the dust seal here as well... tried a gabillion oem sized axles for nothing. Raxles solved the problem and marty was really nice and very helpful.