After going over the car as thoroughly as I know how to try and find the cause for two broken driver's side axles in a week. I noticed that the gap to between the wheel well and the back of the tire is almost 3x wider on the passenger side. This leads me to believe the subframe is somehow out of square I'd like to think nothing of it, but I broke an axle three days of granny driving after a transmission swap and another a day later. I can post pics in a bit, but anyone have any ideas? I'm at a loss, again.

 

That sucks... I have nothing else to say...

 

I didn't break any even under fairly hard driving before the clutch/trans swap, so I'm guessing I borked something on the reinstall. It has a minor dent on the subframe right behind the radiator, but I don't think it'd throw it off that far. Headed out to take pics

All gaps are tire to wheel wheel, lined up with the body kit lip.

RF Front=2 inches


RF Rear=3 inches


LF Front=3 inches


LF Rear=<1.5 inches


It's the left side that's been breaking.

 

was your car in a wreck???

 

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find a body shop with a frame shark... they can set your car on a jig to see if its off factory specks and how much...

 

Umm, there has to be something drastically out of whack under the car. Jack it up, and measure from reference points. Check from the subframe bolts to the control arms, balljoints, stuff like that. Check front to rear on the subframe on both sides and from side to side. You should see something way out one way if its breaking axles.

 

It was in a "rear ender" and labelled a write off, but there's a small dent in the subframe almost dead center, just behind the rad. It never did any damage in two month's driving before, so I'm not sure.

I'll try measuring for square tommorow, hell, I need an excuse to skip work That and I need my ride back, the bus won't get you laid.

 

Sorry, when I said subframe I meant engine/trans cradle I guess, the part I dropped out. Looking at the car from below it appears the lower mounts are twisted fairly badly towards the passenger side. I'll drop the cradle over the weekend and see if it lines up properly.