I have the crackling sound coming from my front end when i make turns, i am assuming it is the axles. i need to know if this is a huge undertaking and if i need any special tools to do this..
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thanks!

 

30 minutes of work man.... for both sides...
all the tools you can rent form autozone....
will cast you about 65$ per axle...(autozone)

 

nice clean car cjames, what rims are those 350z?

 

sure are 350z wheels. got em for 300 bucks with new bridgestone potenzas, they were taken off of a car at the local nissan dealer for nismo upgrades. they were just sitting in the back room. it was worth going in and askign what they had laying around... apparently cash talks to the guy who works in the parts department.

 

good eye and good grab, cash absolutely talks.

 

btw, welcome to the org.

 

now if i can get my axles done, i'll prob so my suspension at the same time, then i'll be happy for a while. i have had the car for a few years, and i love it. i was starting the paperwork to lease an 06 GLE about a month ago and i backed out. I have had this car for 3 years, and NOT ONCE did i regret buying it, i still love to drive it. now only if it was stick... hmm...

 

Axles aren't hard. You'll need floor jack/stands, or ramps, screwdriver (philips head), metric socket set (and a 36mm socket for the axle nut), breaker bar, pliers, drain pan, you'll probably want a creeper if you're doing the pass. side. Also it would be good to have a "guidable" funnel for replacing tranny fluid (might be slightly different for autos though). Torque wrench optional but really neither necessary nor particularly useful. Oh yeah, a friend would help as well.