P10 Driver Axle

[David Pertuz]

With a loud pop like you described, you probably lost the ball joint, though I would think that would be obvious to see once you jacked it up and took the wheel off. If so, you'd see evidence of the hub or BJ working a lovely groove into the inside of the wheel. One way or another, wheel location changed suddenly and drastically, and there are only a few points to check (LCA mounts, UCA mounts, upper end of upright) but the BJ is most likely to check first.

When the outer joint of the left axle of my P10t was going bad a year and a half or so ago, I had no luck at all finding anyone that had a replacement axle I could buy - even RAxles (not cheap, but good) never had any. I ended up getting my axle rebuilt at a local shop. You may have to go the same way. P10t axles are sort of red-headed stepchildren of SR20 axles.

David


-----Original Message-----
>From: Jon Pennington <cowboydren at gmail.com>
>Sent: May 16, 2011 1:36 AM
>To: se-r list <se-r at se-r-list.org>
>Subject: P10 Driver Axle
>
>I -think- I need a new axle. The struts on the G20t are shot, maybe
>the balljoints, too, and then this happened:
>
>After not driving the car for six months (turns out it was a broken
>brake booster vac line that keep the car from idling), I drove the car
>two miles with everything seeming fine. Except for the steering wheel
>cocked slightly to the left, everything was great. On the return trip,
>I made a left hand turn and heard a pop, followed by a crunching sound
>accompanied by a squeak that got faster and slower with tire speed.
>LOUD NOISES, the embarrassing kind. Carefully, at about 30 MPH, I
>limped home.
>
>When I pulled into the driveway, I eyeballed the driver tire to
>something more than 5 degrees of camber. I'm used to about 2.5, which
>is where the passenger sits, but the driver was a LOT more leaned in.
>I jacked the car up, and I couldn't see anything broken or torn; the
>axle nut is exactly where I left it four years ago. What are your
>opinions, and where the hell do I get a cheap driver axle? RockAuto
>just started carrying EMPI axles, but they're apparently out of left
>manual LSD axles already. I don't care about long durability; this car
>is getting patched up and sent to market.
>
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