I was wondering if the ride height of my car was affecting the life of my axles? I recently changed them, but would rather save myself the headache of constatnly changing them out because my car is too low. Is there anything else that may affect the life of the axles?

Thanks for all your help.

 

Launching, failure to rev match, etc. can all contribute to axle wear / breakage.

 

So the car being too low shouldn't affect it?

 

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Define "too low".

At any reasonable ride height, it won't affect it.

All bets are off once you venture into "dumped show car" territory.

 

My friend's Maxima is slammed and he hit a pot hole at about 10mph and tore the axle boot on the axle I had replaced about 2 months before

 

my car is drop 3in and just recently replace 2 axel because the boot is tore up within 2 months.. i guess it all depend on how the conditions of the road is??

 

My car is dropped 2" with camber kits and I also rip axle boots frequently. I'm pretty sure its my ride height because this has never happened before I wasn't lowered.

 

how do u rev match??

 

My car is definitely too low. I will be raising it up today...

To rev match, you need to "blip" the throttle while cltuch is in as you are down shifting. With a little practice you won't feel the jerk you get from downshifting.

With more practice you can go on to "heel toeing"...which includes the use of the brake pedal. I wear a size 12 shoe so "heel toeing" is more like "heel balling" for me.