How much axle play?
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How much axle play? As I was putting the 94Z on my lift today 
I decided to try to locate the source of the weird 'clunk' on the passenger's side rear. The only thing I found as 'odd' was that I could move the axle in and out about .035-.04". The other side was tighter than that (although it still had a little in-out). It made the wheel seem 'loose', even though the lug nuts were at torque spec. I could actually grab the wheel and move it in and out with the car on the ground.
This is a bone stock 10-bolt 3.23 rear end as set up from the factory. I just started noticing this clunk last year, but haven't been able to find it.
Axle and/or c-clip gone bad? Yeech, I don't like opening up the rear end (that oil smells bad
), but I probably oughta...
Thanks,
Andrew
I decided to try to locate the source of the weird 'clunk' on the passenger's side rear. The only thing I found as 'odd' was that I could move the axle in and out about .035-.04". The other side was tighter than that (although it still had a little in-out). It made the wheel seem 'loose', even though the lug nuts were at torque spec. I could actually grab the wheel and move it in and out with the car on the ground.This is a bone stock 10-bolt 3.23 rear end as set up from the factory. I just started noticing this clunk last year, but haven't been able to find it.
Axle and/or c-clip gone bad? Yeech, I don't like opening up the rear end (that oil smells bad
), but I probably oughta...Thanks,
Andrew
