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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 01:35 AM
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i was driving on the freeway doing bout 65-70 and i hit a wicked pothole...after hitting it under any type of acceleration it shakes bad....its dark out i'll i can see is alittle splitter of gease on the control arm and on the side of the motor...not much but ..i've been lowered for bout 35k and in the front i really have no gap.. think it could be axles? would they cause the shake?

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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 04:47 AM
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yea, you could have bent an axle and that is causing grease to sling out of the boot. Which would also cause a shake.
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 02:51 PM
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well i crawled under there and took the tires off on the passanger side theres a small tear in the boot and you can grab the shaft infront of the cv joint and move it side to side and front to back a 1/4 inch or so lol
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 03:14 PM
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there ya go then.
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 07:28 PM
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yup so i ordered ottp axles i had to pay priority shipping 74 bucks but with the discount code only came out to 250 shipped
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Old Apr 11, 2010 | 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by SlowBalt_06
i was driving on the freeway doing bout 65-70 and i hit a wicked pothole...after hitting it under any type of acceleration it shakes bad....its dark out i'll i can see is alittle splitter of gease on the control arm and on the side of the motor...not much but ..i've been lowered for bout 35k and in the front i really have no gap.. think it could be axles? would they cause the shake?

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Yes I have had shakeing on acceleration caused by faulty driveshaft/axel before.
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