Have a clicking/groaning noise comming from right rear wheel. After 3 trips to the Dealer they have finally narrowed it down to a bad outer CV joint. Cost to replace rear axle is around $700. Anyone else here have that problem?

Does spinning out (not that I ever do that ) do damage to CV joints? I remember Arnaud telling me he damaged the CV joints on his Exige when he spun behind me at B-willow.

TIA (sorry... too lazy to use search function)

 

http://gofastlab.com/s2ki/customer/home.php?cat=30

Outer CV joint + boot kit $220.50

Labor? Who knows. No need to replace the whole axle unless you suspect it's bad for some reason.

Yes, it's happened before. Do a search

J.P.

 

Thanks J.P.

It says it's a common wear item for cars that are driven "competitively"... LOL... what's my excuse?

 

I didn't say you had to be fast, just make lots of noise and smoke

 

Moved to Under The Hood.
You may get more feedback over there.

 

The Driveshaftshop now makes upgraded axles for the S2000. I have a set at home waiting for me to install them and test them out. Unfortunately, someone f*cked up my car yesterday in a parking lot (pics) so I might not get a chance to install them for a couple more weeks yet. I forget the exact weight difference, but they're only like 1.5-2 lbs lighter per axle. The main advantage is supposed to be durabiliity.

click here for the rest of the pictures of the new axles