CV axle rattling in front hub
Mar 12, 2017 | 08:45 PM
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CV axle rattling in front hub
So for the last year or two my truck sometimes makes a horrible rattling from the front left corner of the vehicle. Pretty sure it is coming from the driver side front wheel. I dug into it after an especially obnoxious noisy trip going to find something hot that would indicate a problem. Anyway, what I found was that after I pulled the cap off my wheel hub and freed my CV to move around there was a big gap for it to move around in. My assumption is my loud rattling noise is because of this. Can anyone tell me what piece I am looking at? Looks copper from my view. Is it part of the hub? I doubt it is a wheel bearing but had anyone had this problem and what do I need to do to fix it? Sorry for the amateur question
Mar 12, 2017 | 11:53 PM
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That is the spindle bushing (steering knuckle)
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Was there lots of bronze shavings when you took things apart ??
From the picture that bushing looks to have worked its way loose
With the hub still on you should never see that bushing it sits inside of the where the hub nuts thread on .
I can understand that your front axle was making a racket and vibrating to no doubt
The interesting question is if the steering knuckle is ok and you will be able to reinstall a bushing
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Was there lots of bronze shavings when you took things apart ??
From the picture that bushing looks to have worked its way loose
With the hub still on you should never see that bushing it sits inside of the where the hub nuts thread on .
I can understand that your front axle was making a racket and vibrating to no doubt
The interesting question is if the steering knuckle is ok and you will be able to reinstall a bushing
Mar 13, 2017 | 06:45 AM
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Yes, I too think that bushing is shot. The good news is that the bushing is about $15. http://parts.lakelandtoyota.com/show...rimLevel=18292
You are likely to have trashed the end of half-shaft, but rebuilts are easily available for about $60. http://www.autozone.com/drivetrain/c...false&model=cv
But you could have also damaged the spindle itself (cracks). Here's the manual: http://web.archive.org/web/201204242...17steering.pdf
You are likely to have trashed the end of half-shaft, but rebuilts are easily available for about $60. http://www.autozone.com/drivetrain/c...false&model=cv
But you could have also damaged the spindle itself (cracks). Here's the manual: http://web.archive.org/web/201204242...17steering.pdf
Mar 13, 2017 | 09:33 AM
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Thank you both. I have never torn the spindle apart on that truck, just rotors and CVs. There really weren't any brass shavings in there that i noticed but it is packed full of grease so maybe it hid from me. I think I will get that bushing on the way and see how far that gets me. I can always just pull the cv and drive the thing till I get the parts and put it back together.
