Damn, this makes me want to go get the extended warranty. I was talking to Ultimate Lurker during lunch and we both agreed that the drivetrain on the car is the weak point. Getting the warranty just to cover that will probably be well worth it.

Rev - Did Honda warranty your cv joints, or did you have to pay for them yourself??

 

Hah... I didn't even bring it up to them. I've already got one lawsuit pending against honda for my diff, I didn't need the headache of trying to get them to warranty the axles.

 

Reverend - It would be cool (if you feel inclined) to include your Honda warranty and/or defective parts experiences on your new web site. I get the impression that with your knowledge you could articulate the issues better than most.

Thanks for your participation in the forum.

 

Ok, so here is the deal. I picked up the car today. They fixed both axels under warranty, and on the receipt it says one time only. So I guess that is to say if they fail again, they will not replace them. Interesting to me.

At any rate I am happy that it drives right again, and now it will be for sale.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by acx
[B]Reverend - It would be cool (if you feel inclined) to include your Honda warranty and/or defective parts experiences on your new web site.

 

Hi everyone,

I put a set of HSK springs in my S2000 and it's vibrating under acceleration like you all mentioned. I took it to my local Honda dealer and they said they would not even look at the problem unless I put back the original springs and wheels (18" now).

Did anyone manage to get their CV's covered under warranty with lowered springs fitted? The problem did not seem to occur with the standard springs.

Any help would be much appreciated as driving the car is not very enjoyable any more. Looks good though.

 

Had the exact same problem around 20-25k, my car was lowered with Neuspeed springs and had 18" wheels for about 10k miles. Dealer blamed my tires because I had my track tires on when I took it in so I put a brand new set of tires on my 18" (needed new ones anyways) and they replaced the axles/CV under warranty.

 

Mine was done under warranty with the Comptech Adjustable coilovers on the car. The copy of the work order says something like " Rear axel problem under warramty for vehicles with lowered suspension, replace one time only"

but like I said up top, my brother has this problem and it is not related to the car being lowered.


[QUOTE]Originally posted by MattS
[B]Hi everyone,

I put a set of HSK springs in my S2000 and it's vibrating under acceleration like you all mentioned. I took it to my local Honda dealer and they said they would not even look at the problem unless I put back the original springs and wheels (18" now).

 

excuse my ignorance but why is a CV joint wearing out sooner if the car is 1 inch lower.

Isn't a well designed joint supposed to work within a good range of suspension travel?????? That is why it is a joint no????

Never heard of other cars changing CVs because of a lowering.

 

Yeah, it SHOULDN'T be a problem, but it seems 1" of lowering is enough to make the car shake. I took a look at my old CV's yesterday. They really look aweful. My theory is that the CV's are getting messed up even on stock height cars, but it becomes much easier to notice when the car is lowered.

My car didn't have a vibration until I lowered it. Then it became immediately obvious. But I do not beleive the lowering CAUSED this. The car is now on new axles, still lowered, and I have no problems. If lowering was the cause, I should have started to notice vibration immediately after changing the axles. Since I replaced the axles, I've put a couple thousand miles on the car and have no hint of vibration yet (and the car is still lowered).

I believe the CV's were already galled before I lowered the car, but because the CV's normally sit nearly straight, it was not noticable. When I lowered the car, it increased the angle on the CV's slightly... enough that the rollers in the joint now rolled back and forth against the galling - making the car vibrate.