Driveshaft Spacer Necessary for Lowered Car?
05-26-2017, 02:36 PM
#183
Registered User
Tell me if I'm wrong, and I'm not saying the worn inner face of CV housing isn't the vibrations cause, but I read that spacers were used after lowering to reduce stress on the cv joint?
05-26-2017, 03:10 PM
#184
[QUOTE=trustafox;24214794 I read that spacers were used after lowering to reduce stress on the cv joint?[/QUOTE]
Don't believe everything you read. So, no. They are purely to get a handle on vibration. If you dont have it, then your good for now. they also wont prevent vibration. Its simply a matter of time/mileage.
Don't believe everything you read. So, no. They are purely to get a handle on vibration. If you dont have it, then your good for now. they also wont prevent vibration. Its simply a matter of time/mileage.
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05-26-2017, 03:43 PM
#185
Registered User
cheers. Its the first time I've read about the cv housing wear. I'm not lowered, still at oem and it's at 42k miles but do have my tongue hanging out for being lowered. I just would want to do it right even though it's just for the road.
05-27-2017, 07:46 AM
#187
Moderator
Spacers do not reduce stress. If anything, they add to the overall bulk of the differential stub shafts.
If you take two S2000s, one lowered and one stock height, driven in indentical fashion, the buckets will pit at the exact same time.
Lowering an S2000 will accelerate metallurgical breakdown that has already started in a cv bucket. Hence why lowering causes vibration. The underlying breakdown has already begun in oem form.
Spacers relocate the bucket, curing vibration. Spacers cannot prevent metallurgical breakdown, or reduce stress.
If you take two S2000s, one lowered and one stock height, driven in indentical fashion, the buckets will pit at the exact same time.
Lowering an S2000 will accelerate metallurgical breakdown that has already started in a cv bucket. Hence why lowering causes vibration. The underlying breakdown has already begun in oem form.
Spacers relocate the bucket, curing vibration. Spacers cannot prevent metallurgical breakdown, or reduce stress.
Last edited by Billman250; 05-27-2017 at 07:49 AM.
05-28-2017, 05:12 PM
#188
Registered User
Spacers do not reduce stress. If anything, they add to the overall bulk of the differential stub shafts.
If you take two S2000s, one lowered and one stock height, driven in indentical fashion, the buckets will pit at the exact same time.
Lowering an S2000 will accelerate metallurgical breakdown that has already started in a cv bucket. Hence why lowering causes vibration. The underlying breakdown has already begun in oem form.
Spacers relocate the bucket, curing vibration. Spacers cannot prevent metallurgical breakdown, or reduce stress.
If you take two S2000s, one lowered and one stock height, driven in indentical fashion, the buckets will pit at the exact same time.
Lowering an S2000 will accelerate metallurgical breakdown that has already started in a cv bucket. Hence why lowering causes vibration. The underlying breakdown has already begun in oem form.
Spacers relocate the bucket, curing vibration. Spacers cannot prevent metallurgical breakdown, or reduce stress.
05-31-2017, 12:45 PM
#190
Registered User
The issue with the pitting is the OEM grease that they use in the cv cups, it's thin and it's junk.
Used redline cv grease and my cups did not pit at all after 100K+ miles of driving, removed and inspected - no pitting.
i replaced with mobil 1 cv grease or valvoline synthetic cv grease, i forget which one, because it was readily available at autozone. still thick like the redline grease, so should be okay.
Used redline cv grease and my cups did not pit at all after 100K+ miles of driving, removed and inspected - no pitting.
i replaced with mobil 1 cv grease or valvoline synthetic cv grease, i forget which one, because it was readily available at autozone. still thick like the redline grease, so should be okay.