Thread: Constantly needing new CV axles

Long story short, my car EATS axles....I've gone through 9 since January (and my drivetrain was stock until last week)
I had 3 or 4 GSP's from advance before they told me they couldn't honor the warranty anymore. Tried 2 NAPA ones, a W-Body store axle (which only lasted 4 days), recently I've started going to the junkyard and getting regular ones....

I'm really getting irritated and confused, am I overlooking another issue that could be causing these to fail so quickly? I'm lowered on AGX/Vogtlands so its not really much at all, new control arms, outer tie rods, bearings, sway bar&links, engine and tranny mount, it HAS been aligned...... Bill has a fancy prybar that makes popping them out a breeze but changing them every few weeks is getting old. I'm really stumped, any ideas?

do you have those spacer things for the motor mounts?

I remember bio saying lowering car changes geometry of axels, without spacers they are off and can chew thru them.

What seems to be the problem with the axles (Torn boots, broken intermediates, broken teeth)? Is it more one side than the other?

Originally Posted by Explicit_Spade

What seems to be the problem with the axles (Torn boots, broken intermediates, broken teeth)? Is it more one side than the other?

I should have been more specific (too early for me lol!) It only occurs with the right side of the vehicle, they sling grease and clunk. When I remove them the end is very floppy as well

sounds like monk hit the nail on the head having any kind of bend in the boot to the cv axle strains it
I was curious as to how bad it would be if I lowered my car after putting 20s on it but
I'm gonna have to lean away from it now if the spacers he suggested work out for ya let us know

sounds like u have something alil more serious then just adding the spacers, as i dont have spacers and im still running the same axles now for 5 yrs without a problem

Was the car ever in an accident?

Originally Posted by stealthee

Was the car ever in an accident?

The day it rolled off the lot, 15 mph bump according to the original owner....it was also hit in the rear right, that one was a little more serious but thats in the back

Maybe that 15 mph bump was worse than indicated. Possible bent control arm, or worse subframe.

Adding more info. Intrigue98 sold him the strut/spring combo. He ran them for around a year or more and never had an axle issue. I run nearly the same setup and have well.. only GSP issues. Most people don't spacer with Vogtlands.

For anyone else that has heard me comment on blue cars hating me lately. Erich's is one of the two blue cars torturing me.