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timneedscoffee10

timneedscoffee10

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Surprisingly when I searched, I didn't come up with a whole lot. A few mentions of EMPI and Raxles, but not actual opinions.

My car just rolled over 100,000 miles, and the driver-side inner CV boot slipped off the assembly. This is actually the second time, and this week I began to notice a metal-on-metal grinding sound when I turn ... so I'm thinking I'm just going to replace the entire assembly.

Anyone have any opinions on OEM vs Raxles? Or even EMPI for that matter, but I'm a strong believer in "you get what you pay for" and the EMPI price point makes me nervous.
 
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dopedpanda

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timneedscoffee10 said:
Surprisingly when I searched, I didn't come up with a whole lot. A few mentions of EMPI and Raxles, but not actual opinions.

My car just rolled over 100,000 miles, and the driver-side inner CV boot slipped off the assembly. This is actually the second time, and this week I began to notice a metal-on-metal grinding sound when I turn ... so I'm thinking I'm just going to replace the entire assembly.

Anyone have any opinions on OEM vs Raxles? Or even EMPI for that matter, but I'm a strong believer in "you get what you pay for" and the EMPI price point makes me nervous.
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why not just replace the worn joint? You keep your perfectly balanced axle and you solve the problem.
 
timneedscoffee10

timneedscoffee10

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dopedpanda said:
why not just replace the worn joint? You keep your perfectly balanced axle and you solve the problem.
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Hmmm. Really I was just thinking I've got 100k miles on the original axles, and don't know what the life expectancy is on them...

But if that's just a waste of money, then yeah I could definitely just replace the joint


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dopedpanda

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timneedscoffee10 said:
Just taking a quick look at prices though, and the inner joint seems to be almost as much money as a whole axle assembly :/


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Pricing OEM or OE?

Remember OE axles are designed in a very specific way to limit NVH at all speeds/loads, most aftermarket goes a different way to limit costs. And not always with a good outcome....

The inner joint shouldn´t cost that much, its normally the outer joint thats the most expensive.
 
timneedscoffee10

timneedscoffee10

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ECS has the OEM axle assemble at about $250 after core refund -- and the OEM inner CV joint for $200.

Still price shopping.

Also, do I need any special tools to rebuild the axle with a new joint? This will be done at home.


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