What's wrong with an axle from he store? Or a raxle.com axle

 

go with OEM!!! spend the money correctly if i were you. Billman knows his stuff.

 

I have put solid shaft axles in twice for my customers, and both cars returned in days with horrible vibrations. These were brand new axles. All they are good for is getting you down the road, don't expect to cure your problem.

Your best bet is to buy a used passenger axle on s2ki then swap buckets, or a single bucket from Honda.

I guarantee with two Honda axles and no pitted buckets the car will be smoother than it has ever been since you owned it.

 

what about the hollow shafts makes them superior over the solid shafts?

and what wears out in them? or makes them vibrate?

is it my driver bucket thats pitted, or is it the aftermarket axle?

 

IIRC its always the passenger side.

 

In my experience, it has been the drivers side that pits 100% of the time.

 

i believe its the driverside

but i will be replacing the driverside with an aftermarket axle ($50)

saving the factory one. and acquiring a passenger one.

 

wow did i really type it was passenger. sorry =( mustve gotten confused while i was typing.

 

I’ve got a little over 200k on my original half shafts/cups. This is because I have performed all of the measures we can take to a prolonged vibration free life. There are several configurations you can/want to employ and in no particular order. I do not recall finding this info the sticky so let me share with you my experience.

First vibration, add spacers. I prefer the type that come in two pieces, this way you do not need to remove the shafts for install, simply back out the bolts on the diff flanges enough to slip them in an secure. Next removed the spacers and swap the cups from side to side. And last measure when vibration sets in again is to add back in the spacers on to swapped cups. I'm currently on the last configuration and now will be looking for a set of used axels to barrow the cups from. Until you have employed all of said configurations above, you are wasting your money, esp if using an inferior aftermarket axel assy. I’ve got 50-60k miles out of each configuration.

 

I only have one factory axle the other is an aftermarket . So I'm spending a few bucks on a bandaid till I get another factory one. Sucks but it's better than worrying about my car exploding