I have a 2006 2.4l 5spd just turned 65k miles. The car has Magnaflow dual exhaust, K&N cold air package and Hypertech programming.
While trying to put Power Stop brakes on I noticed that there seems to be quite a bit of play in the drivers side CV Axle vs the passenger side.
Passenger side is 1/8" play when moving the wheel forward and back without moving the drive train.
Driver side is 1/2" when moving the wheel back and forth without moving the drive train..
The play seems to be in the CV joint itself as the axle is not moving while moving the wheel.
I assume this means I need to replace the CV Axles as I would have expected little to no slack in the CV joint. Is this something I can do myself
or is it a huge PITA and need to get help from someone more experienced with CV Axles?(I'm going to have someone work on my 2003 Trailblazer
next month to do hubs, CV axles, speed sensors, control arms, ball joints etc so I can have him help with the Solstice if needed).
Is it normal for CV Axles to only last 65k miles? (and no I'm not drifting, auto crossing, drag racing or driving the thing on 2 wheels).
We also had a hell of a time just getting the driver side wheel off of the car(stuck to the hub) as well as have not been able to get the rotor off.
We have sprayed it liberally with liquid wrench and hope this helps(and yes we removed the screw that attaches it to the hub) otherwise I will
have to get out the cutting torch. Since I have new drilled and slotted rotors I don't care what happens to the old ones but also don't want to
damage the hubs. We have banged on the rotor with a mallet till we were blue in the face and it just doesn't want to budge.
Any ideas ??
Thanks
While trying to put Power Stop brakes on I noticed that there seems to be quite a bit of play in the drivers side CV Axle vs the passenger side.
Passenger side is 1/8" play when moving the wheel forward and back without moving the drive train.
Driver side is 1/2" when moving the wheel back and forth without moving the drive train..
The play seems to be in the CV joint itself as the axle is not moving while moving the wheel.
I assume this means I need to replace the CV Axles as I would have expected little to no slack in the CV joint. Is this something I can do myself
or is it a huge PITA and need to get help from someone more experienced with CV Axles?(I'm going to have someone work on my 2003 Trailblazer
next month to do hubs, CV axles, speed sensors, control arms, ball joints etc so I can have him help with the Solstice if needed).
Is it normal for CV Axles to only last 65k miles? (and no I'm not drifting, auto crossing, drag racing or driving the thing on 2 wheels).
We also had a hell of a time just getting the driver side wheel off of the car(stuck to the hub) as well as have not been able to get the rotor off.
We have sprayed it liberally with liquid wrench and hope this helps(and yes we removed the screw that attaches it to the hub) otherwise I will
have to get out the cutting torch. Since I have new drilled and slotted rotors I don't care what happens to the old ones but also don't want to
damage the hubs. We have banged on the rotor with a mallet till we were blue in the face and it just doesn't want to budge.
Any ideas ??
Thanks