Axel shaft removal

[Grant Lenahan]

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On Feb 9, 2012, at 8:48 PM, "Al" <streichea001 at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:

> Kneale, I have asked for a quote from Raxles. We'll see how much they are. I don't need anything to last more than 5 years.
> 
> Al
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Kneale Brownson
> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 4:38 AM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Axel shaft removal
> 
> This is why I purchase replacement axles from Raxles.  They do not grind
> out the housings and install larger balls.
> 
> On 2/9/2012 6:16 AM, Tony Hoffman wrote:
>> The bigger ball bearings are due to the rebuild. What they do during a
>> rebuild is grind the grooves out more to eliminate the pockets worn in, and
>> substitute the original ball bearings with larger ones to take up the slack.
>> 
>> Are you sure you got the outer nuts tight as well? If not, it will ruin a
>> wheel bearing pretty quickly, though the noise you describe doesn't sound
>> like it to me.
>> 
>> Tony
>> 
>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 3:08 AM, Al<streichea001 at hawaii.rr.com>  wrote:
>> 
>>> PS. I must have received a bad CV driveshaft. I ran it for about 5 miles
>>> doing small shopping trips yesterday 2/7/12. Today I was taking the wife to
>>> dialysis and it sounded like big marbles rolling around or like a lose nut
>>> rolling around in a hub cap. The only difference I could see between my old
>>> axle and this new one, was the balls looked a lot bigger on the inner joint
>>> of the new axle.  Other than that, they appeared to be the same.
>>> 
>>> So I may need to reorder from the mainland, again. No stock on this island.
>>> 
>>> More later.
>>> 
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