RendanCLS

Hey guys, last night I was driving home from work in a hell of a blizzard. I stop for a red light, put it in 2nd to go, the tires spin a little, then I hear this noise like I just hit a pot hole at 90mph. Now the car won't move. The engine sounds fine, but when I put it into gear and try to go I hear a hellacious noise coming from the front right wheel well. Kinda like a spinning grinding noise. I think I busted the axle or something in that area. So now my car is sitting in a shity plaza parking lot untill I figure out what I'm gonna do. Also this is a part I found under the car after I heard the noise.

And I looked up the part number and its a dynamic damper.

ACURA CL DYNAMIC DAMPER
Part# 44351-S0K-A11


Any help or insight you guys can offer would be appreaciated. Thanks

Zippee

I think you broke a cv joint.

friesm2000

iTrader: (4)

or axle in general, so you need a new axle in order for it to move on it's own

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

Yup, a new axle is in order.

RendanCLS

Well I guess it could be worse. Any ideas about how much axles go for and what kind of labor I'm looking at here? I'm having it towed to a shop later tonight and hoping that my warranty will cover most of it. But still curious about what would have caused this to happen. Seemed a little out of no where to me. And thanks for the replies guys.

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

How old are they? Axles dont last forever.

You can get axles at Napa/Auto Zone for less the $100 each.

Labor shouldnt be much, the axle already removed itself lol

friesm2000

iTrader: (4)

does seem kinda strange to just break, unless of course a new axle had been put in not too long ago, or you happened to have a tranny put in, might have been damaged by re/installation or could be just a plain old bad axle


axle= kinda depends on were you get it anywhere from $75 to $350+, ($75 is like an autozone one , then $350+ is dealer) but geneally a good quality rebuilt one is geneally $100-$200

labour= about an hour to an hour and a half, if every thing comes apart easy like not rusted together (which could add time to it); and no price because i do not know your shop's hourly rate

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

The Auto Zone axles have a lifetime warranty, and they are pretty good rebuilds.

friesm2000

iTrader: (4)

yeah but that lifetime warrenty is proably ONLY for covering the axle itself, and not labour to remove or reinstall it

but also i know some of those cheaper rebuilds have their shaft alot thicker due to lower quality materials , which makes them quite a bit heavier, and no stronger then OEM ones