possible bad axle?
I am trying to figure out if I have a bad axle or something worse in the dif. My father got stuck in the snow last year and when he was trying to get out, he heard a clunk and lost all power to his wheels. I have the car on jacks and the hub nut removed on the side I think might have the bad axle but just going from an eye test, the axle doesn't look that bad (no bad c/v boots, visible shaft cracks, etc). Is there a way to tell if the axle is bad before I go order another one? The vehicle is old ('99) and has 170k miles on these axles. It has also been a minnesota vehicle for the last 7 years so it has seen alot of highway salt. Sorry if this has been addressed in another forum. I couldn't find anything other than axle replacement guides (which were very useful).
I am trying to figure out if I have a bad axle or something worse in the dif. My father got stuck in the snow last year and when he was trying to get out, he heard a clunk and lost all power to his wheels. I have the car on jacks and the hub nut removed on the side I think might have the bad axle but just going from an eye test, the axle doesn't look that bad (no bad c/v boots, visible shaft cracks, etc). Is there a way to tell if the axle is bad before I go order another one? The vehicle is old ('99) and has 170k miles on these axles. It has also been a minnesota vehicle for the last 7 years so it has seen alot of highway salt. Sorry if this has been addressed in another forum. I couldn't find anything other than axle replacement guides (which were very useful).