I have had this noise from my driver side and it only happens when i am turning to the right. Im thinking its the cv joint. I know the axles on this generation are picky and many different choices. Im wondering if anyone can help me figure out what exactly I have. Ive always thought I had vlsd without abs. and its a 92se VE auto. My insurance company lists my car has abs i guess they get that info from the vin number. but I know I don't. Im not going to tell them ill lose the discount .

also how well are the rebuilt axles?

 

look under the hood, on the passenger side. if there is a metal thing with a bunch of metal hoses going in and out, you have abs.

rebuilts are fine.

 

are all ve autos VLSD>? also I just jacked the car up and put it in neutral. just barely turning the wheel it has this squeel to it. and it makes an almost grinding type noise when turning right. that would be the driveshaft or axle, whatever its called, right?

edit: boot is torn on the transmission side of driver axle. probably no grease in there....probably a good time to replace my control arms while im doing the axle ? also I was reading im suppose to take out the passenger axle and then tap out the driver one, this true? I think I may just have a mechanic do this for me, I want it done right.

 

ALL VEs came from nissan to the US with VLSD.
if you want to know if you have ABS or not, pop the hood and look on the passenger side front behind the headlight. If you have a silver/goldish thing there with metal tubescoming out of it you have ABS.

W/ABS
W/o ABS

 

ya i know I don't have the abs. wanted to confirm the vlsd.

I tried to order some control arms off your site last week and your shopping cart thing wasn't working

the bottom link is not working, which is the one i want....looks like your left of the L in .html

thank you. will be placing order for that right now.

 

oops, fixed the link for you.
where on my site did you try to order the arms? I have 2 sections, one that works (catalog above)and one that doesn't because of paypal issues.

 

i went to www.internetautomart.com then clicked the link on top saying new control arms...then tried to put the ones for my car in cart and it wont work. i thought it was all linked together

 

so its internetautosupply where I want to go it looks like, correct?
and just to clarify, its for the entire axle, looks like this



and the right side in the pic is the side that goes into tranny right?

on the autozone repair info it tells me to remove the passenger axle just to remove the driver side axle. is this true? Im debating if I can do this myself. I can do the control arms myself,going to have to buy the right sockets to fit on those big bolts for the control arms. but other than that i got basic tools to do that. Ive never done an axle before. The rear main seal should be replaced doing this axle right?

thanks again

 

rear main doesn't get done when doing an axle.
Internetautosupply.com is the main website, the others pretty much don't work.

 

autozone will let you get a 36mm axle nut socket and a 24" breaker bar as a loaner tool. I don't think you can get a loaner tq wrench though (spec is something like 210 lb/ft). Easiest way i've found is to jack the car up and remove the wheel.. turn the steering wheel all the way toward the axle you are removing, then remove the key and turn it back a half turn until it locks. Jam a thick flathead screwdriver through the hole in the front of the caliper, into the vent in the rotor to keep it from spinning. I use that method both to loosen and tighten. The VLSD driver side axle is a ***** and three quarters to get in.. that metal clip on the end puts up a pretty good fight but just keep rotating the axle and trying to push it in.. eventually (after you're -| |- that close to giving up) the thing will slide into place.

 

yes; you can do this yourself. be patient, grab an fsm, read, double check everything, and have fun.

 

u can do this all by ur self but if u have never done this or if u think u cant do it right then i would say jus buy ur axle and take it to some gud auto technician shop and have them do it for u ....dont want u break or bend anything in tranny that after u have some other probs...

 

Ill put the control arms onmyself and when Im doing the driver side one, I'll determine if I trust myself to do it or not, seems pretty simple.

Now should I do the control arm and have it bolted all together before I mess with the axle or can I do the axle while the control arm is out, what would be easier?

 

half shafts are WAY easier than control arms. ur gonna have to get a grinder, and grind off the old bushing insert. while laying under the car. total pita. but doable. since you have (or would have them) sholdnt be more than a weekend job.
plus, it would be right there. just do it all.
and driver's side half shaft is SOOOO easy on the nonVLSD model, but as Cadaver said, on the VLSD tranny it's a ***** and three quarters to install so be patient and keep working on it until it finally slides in. just need a small pry bar to get it out, and if you're careful you can use a heavy rubber mallet to help tap the axle in once you have it partly in.

 

where is it safe to use a prybar to pull out the axle? i dont want to bend anything. i was just gonna jack car up and put on stands sturdy so i could wiggle it off and wiggle the new one on.

so if im doing both on one side at same time..should I take off control arm, then take off axle and put new axle then install new control arm, or should i get the new control arm in before i worry about the axle, or does it not really mattter at all?

again, thanks a bunch guys, Ill probably have all parts in the next few das, im looking into buying a truck right now so if i get one it will allow me to be more flexible with time on the max since she is my DD

the bushing that needs to get grinded, i think, is already falling apart and worn out, these control arms and bushings are 190k miles old BTW.

I have no problem spending an hour or two trying to get the axle in, if thats what it takes, at least i know its done right and wont have to do it for a while, unless the passenger side goes out hah.

Im guessing Ill know when it slides into place? and also Brian/Internetautomar, your axle comes with the rin installed already or in the box for me to put on?

 

what "rin"?

 

ring. the metal clip that locks the axle in place once you wiggle it in

 

the little one on the inboard end?
it should be on the new axle

 

the prybar is to pop the driver side axle out of the tranny. that clip makes it hard to get in, and sometimes hard to pull the axle back out. so a prybar will just ease it out from the tranny, and you can grab the inner joint and pull form there. you're never really supposed to pull on the shaft itself (tho if you're trashing the axle, who cares?)

as for installation order.. you can do it either way. if you want to install the axle first, then go ahead and set it into the hub as well, to support it. then you will just bolt the balljoint connector (3-studded boomerang-shaped brace piece) back into the control arm when you're done. Or you can hook the control arm in first, then put the axle in just before reconnecting the balljoint connector. personally i actually remove the driver side strut to give myself more room to push the axle in.. but since you're gonna want an alignment after doing the control arms anyhow, it shouldn't be a big deal.