HPF does
also, i believe it only engages under load... which is why when you hoist car up, only front wheels will spin, rears wont
HPF does
also, i believe it only engages under load... which is why when you hoist car up, only front wheels will spin, rears wont
The rear diff is LSD, so when you go around a corner and the outer wheel has further to travel than the inside wheel, the LSD will wind up the broken axle and do more damage.
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Intech Motorsport in Werribee has had experience with (one) MPS 6... they did my clutch recently
Can supply details if required... (maybe I should write up a quick blurb on them)
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Chris.
Hi Chris,
That would be great if you could! Also, HPF have seen my car before, as the previous owner had the exhaust system installed by them and they did a smashing good job of it too! But definitely do the write up for me if you could so I can scope out who would do a better job.
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Just realized I posted the following without checking prior posts so I am late into this chat....
But it looks to me like a broken axle inner end or most likely the CV joint cups and/or balls have cracked - that will give you a nice intermittent rattle and lots of bits in the grease inside the rubber boot. I'd be getting a new one of those with a new axle (or axle set) too, as it is all deformed.
Do not drive the car. The rear wheels will still rotate this axle, you will probably mess up the boot and there is a risk of dropping the rotating axle onto other parts, and having it flail around will not do anything good.
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There ya go, is an LSD, thought Mazda were just pissing in the wind
Lol thanks Doug, I figured as much. Sourcing a second hand rear left axle on its own seems to be an impossible task. I have been calling around all morning and nobody seems to have any or know where to find them.
Does anyone know any parts shops/wreckers that may be able to sell me a second hand rear left axle?
I keep calling it an axle and all the diff mechanics keep laughing at me. Apparently the words I am looking for are: Drive shaft CV Joint. Don't I feel silly
Well, don't stress it too much, for it is really an axle, but in this case a half-shaft, required as the diff itself is fixed to a subframe and incapable of movement to accomodate suspension articulation. The CV joint is its mode of connection and articulated drive fitting at one (or sometimes both) ends, that provides articulation as well as constant rotational velocity, as denoted by "CV". A lot of people refer to the inner and outer assembly of a "conventional" live axle assembly as an axle too, and differentiate (no pun intended) when necessary between the inner driven part as an axle and the outer standing part as the axle housing or differential casing (as required).
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Here's a suggestion. Only after spending a bomb on HD axles from the states did I bother pulling my second failed axle apart to discover that the inner CV is splined onto the axle. Therefore, assuming your axle failure is the same as the others and is actually a failure of the inner CV cage rather than the axle shaft, it may be possible to find a replacement inner CV joint to repair the original axle. I haven't done the research so I don't know if inner CV's are available for these axles. But if you can find one it will be a lot cheaper than a whole new axle.
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always get new when buying axles dont go second hand or referb as they will fail faster, this is coming from a mate of mine who does referb axles/driveshafts
In australia we call axles = driveshafts and driveshafts = prop shafts
in america is the other way round axles are axles and driveshafts are driveshafts