Did I blow a cv axle?
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Did I blow a cv axle?
It's snowing out today and I put it in 4WD (manual hubs). I am getting a kind of binding scraping noise from the driver's side tire only when the hub is locked. As soon as I unlock the hub the noise is gone. A few weeks ago when it snowed I drove it on some wet pavement for about a mile going 35 mph. I did make a turn onto my snow covered road and that's when I heard a little noise but today it was really loud. Any ideas, I'm hoping just a blown cv but I haven't heard any clicking.
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It's possible the spindle bushing just needs to be lubed. You may be hearing the axle shaft rubbing where it goes through the spindle to the hub. How loud is this? Any clicking noises?
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Not sure about the stopping when brakes are applied, but yeah. It's pretty common to get more noise in the cold because the grease that's in there doesn't want to spread around as easily. Do something like this:
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...ctures-100327/
Or just take your hub off and see if you can stuff some fresh grease in between the axle shaft and the spindle somehow. If it's still making the noise, you're only out some grease it probably needed anyhow and the time it took to put it in there.
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...ctures-100327/
Or just take your hub off and see if you can stuff some fresh grease in between the axle shaft and the spindle somehow. If it's still making the noise, you're only out some grease it probably needed anyhow and the time it took to put it in there.
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Keep in mind the hubs just unlock the wheel from the CV. I'd get under the truck with the hubs unlocked, in 2wd, and hand spin the front drive line. See if you can locate the noise or binding. You should be able to freely spin each CV.
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Does it happen if 4wd is engaged and hubs are not locked?
If no, maybe the front diff is going out and is currently only noisy on the coast side.
(a theory, no historical knowledge to back it up)
If no, maybe the front diff is going out and is currently only noisy on the coast side.
(a theory, no historical knowledge to back it up)
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^^^Haven't tried that yet. The truck only has 101K miles and I changed the diff fluid when I got it and it was clean so I doubt the diff is bad.
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