Screw-Rice
Dedicated LVC Member
So I will be ordering another factory halfshaft, for the other side of the car. If you caught my thread where I had halfshaft issues, you'll see I replaced both...mainly peace of mind. I'm not running the clips on either, due to my t-lok. Jackass I bought the unit from said it came out of a IRS Cobra, nope, was a solid axle 98. My fault for not double checking.
One is a OEM unit I bought from eBay (guy has a lot of them left), and the other was from Checker (O'Reiley's). Well the part store unit is junk, and I will never buy another one from them.
Few days ago, I was on the highway and my "check traction control", and ABS light popped on. Weird, brakes are fine, car is fine. Well noticed at 85mph a strange vibration noise. Finally got home, and under the car. The Checker shaft had vibrated a couple inches out, and wasn't getting picked up by the speed sensor. Used a prybar and popped it in, no big deal.
Today, I jumped off the highway and got the message again. Still had a couple hours of work left so didn't worry about it. Took off from a light, and heard a pop.
Coasted into a lot(wouldn't accelerate, just rev), and got under it. It popped out about 3", so it wasn't engaging the gears. No tools on me, so had to call a wrecker. Got it towed home and went back to work.
Fearing the worse (fried halfshaft/wrecked diff), got it up in the air. After a little wiggling it slid right in, and works fine. When my Ford one shows up, this one will be getting pulled and returned. Neither halfshaft is more than a month old.
Looking at the two under the car, the OEM is slightly different. Between the speedo gear, and first CV boot, it is about 3/4" shorter than the parts store one. This is where the slop is coming from, the OEM hasn't budged at all the entire time.
So in conclusion, part store halfshaft suck, and it's better to just wait a few more days for an OEM to show up. Only reason I got a parts store one, was I was impatient at the time.
Oh, and had the rent a cop at the lot I was in try to get lippy with me. When my car is busted and I'm in a bad mood...not a good time to give me stupid suggestions. :lol:
One is a OEM unit I bought from eBay (guy has a lot of them left), and the other was from Checker (O'Reiley's). Well the part store unit is junk, and I will never buy another one from them.
Few days ago, I was on the highway and my "check traction control", and ABS light popped on. Weird, brakes are fine, car is fine. Well noticed at 85mph a strange vibration noise. Finally got home, and under the car. The Checker shaft had vibrated a couple inches out, and wasn't getting picked up by the speed sensor. Used a prybar and popped it in, no big deal.
Today, I jumped off the highway and got the message again. Still had a couple hours of work left so didn't worry about it. Took off from a light, and heard a pop.
Coasted into a lot(wouldn't accelerate, just rev), and got under it. It popped out about 3", so it wasn't engaging the gears. No tools on me, so had to call a wrecker. Got it towed home and went back to work.
Fearing the worse (fried halfshaft/wrecked diff), got it up in the air. After a little wiggling it slid right in, and works fine. When my Ford one shows up, this one will be getting pulled and returned. Neither halfshaft is more than a month old.
Looking at the two under the car, the OEM is slightly different. Between the speedo gear, and first CV boot, it is about 3/4" shorter than the parts store one. This is where the slop is coming from, the OEM hasn't budged at all the entire time.
So in conclusion, part store halfshaft suck, and it's better to just wait a few more days for an OEM to show up. Only reason I got a parts store one, was I was impatient at the time.
Oh, and had the rent a cop at the lot I was in try to get lippy with me. When my car is busted and I'm in a bad mood...not a good time to give me stupid suggestions. :lol: