this is my 2011 mazda2. ive had tons of cars lower than this and this is actually my daily. i did switch wheels about 2 months ago and ive replaced my axles twice SINCE then but drove for 6 monhs with no issue before that. these wheels are smaller overall than my last set so im ASSUMING its too low and now my axles are binding.
only reason im iffy is cause ive never ever had axle bind until i got into the big camber on my cars. Im not sure how to figure out my issue but the front has an UGLY clunk, turning and straight both make noise.
if anyone has any other ideas besides axle bind please let me know
by Megan_Thee_Italian
3 Comments
I remember a dude making like 20mm axle spacers for his big camber tdi. It helped because camber pulls the hubs further away from the car.
Is there a certain route/road/driveway you take frequently? I was nowhere near this low and likely had less camber on my A4 but my driveway at the time was super jacked up on one side and kept mcfucking one of my axles until I figured out the cause.
Had a B6 a4, it was slammed but no camber, actually put on 034 upper arms to get the front camber in check. But I too kept ripping cv axle boots and axle binding. As did lots of mk4 guys. I ended up buying a set of raxels and no more problems for about 100k miles. Poly boots and synthetic grease was a game changer.
Raxels made slightly longer mk4 axles to help with bind.
Id try getting poly bots, or try getting a hold of raxels and see if they’ll rebuild your with upgraded joints and boots or if they have something off the shelf