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Aftermarket axles

Posted: May 8th, 2009, 3:57 pm
by kast2L
Now I forgot the site that was selling them and they were kinda expensive, could do up to 300 hp so I didn't want old stock axles with a built klze destroyin them lol

Re: Aftermarket axles

Posted: May 14th, 2009, 7:19 pm
by mx3autozam
drivehsaftshop makes some and you can purchase them directly or you can get them at horsepowerfreaks.com


How mcuh power is your "Built klze" making to break axles?

Re: Aftermarket axles

Posted: May 14th, 2009, 10:42 pm
by nightfire
Funny.. I need new axles too now. I bought Napa's crappy house brand axles when I did my ZE swap last year, and the CV joints are all going. There's about 2-3 degrees of play and they clunk and clatter. The boots are fine.. everything still sealed. The play is mostly on the inner joints.

Let me know what you end up going with. I was told good things about Raxles a while back.

Re: Aftermarket axles

Posted: May 14th, 2009, 11:54 pm
by mitmaks
nightfire wrote:Funny.. I need new axles too now. I bought Napa's crappy house brand axles when I did my ZE swap last year, and the CV joints are all going. There's about 2-3 degrees of play and they clunk and clatter. The boots are fine.. everything still sealed. The play is mostly on the inner joints.

Let me know what you end up going with. I was told good things about Raxles a while back.
napa has lifetime warranty

Re: Aftermarket axles

Posted: May 15th, 2009, 12:06 am
by nightfire
mitmaks wrote:
nightfire wrote:Funny.. I need new axles too now. I bought Napa's crappy house brand axles when I did my ZE swap last year, and the CV joints are all going. There's about 2-3 degrees of play and they clunk and clatter. The boots are fine.. everything still sealed. The play is mostly on the inner joints.

Let me know what you end up going with. I was told good things about Raxles a while back.
napa has lifetime warranty
Hmm... what if I don't have the bill? :( I might, but I highly doubt it. I'm terrible with these things.

Re: Aftermarket axles

Posted: May 16th, 2009, 1:02 pm
by nos92mx3
learn to preload, and you shouldnt have to worry about snapping axels.

Re: Aftermarket axles

Posted: May 18th, 2009, 11:57 am
by kast2L
mx3autozam wrote:drivehsaftshop makes some and you can purchase them directly or you can get them at horsepowerfreaks.com


How mcuh power is your "Built klze" making to break axles?
well it will be making well over 250hp im sure when its done and stock axles on the mx3 weren't made for such power.

Re: Aftermarket axles

Posted: May 18th, 2009, 12:17 pm
by JWMX3
kast2L wrote:
mx3autozam wrote:drivehsaftshop makes some and you can purchase them directly or you can get them at horsepowerfreaks.com


How mcuh power is your "Built klze" making to break axles?
well it will be making well over 250hp im sure when its done and stock axles on the mx3 weren't made for such power.
neither was the stock transmission..... as you will soon find out :lol:

Re: Aftermarket axles

Posted: May 18th, 2009, 12:55 pm
by Slammed6
nos92mx3 wrote:learn to preload, and you shouldnt have to worry about snapping axels.
That is not true, I had never hurt any of my many axles that i snapped on the launch. I always broke them hitting 2nd gear. And after several axles, you'll get tired of breaking them and going through the whole swapping process.

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If your snapping them like this every time, then you'll need stronger axles. I ended up buying some from CVTECH, I don't have a phone number but they are in Canada.

Re: Aftermarket axles

Posted: May 18th, 2009, 2:53 pm
by mazdamx3freak
even with 300whp/trq you wont need aftermarket axels. The stock ones are more than most will ever need and plus you will crack you tranny case/ blow out gears before you snap axels. Buy a LSD instead

Re: Aftermarket axles

Posted: May 18th, 2009, 9:40 pm
by kast2L
mazdamx3freak wrote:even with 300whp/trq you wont need aftermarket axels. The stock ones are more than most will ever need and plus you will crack you tranny case/ blow out gears before you snap axels. Buy a LSD instead
getting an LSD from a group buy.

Re: Aftermarket axles

Posted: May 20th, 2009, 11:02 pm
by mx3autozam
what lsd..mfactory????

Re: Aftermarket axles

Posted: May 22nd, 2009, 4:03 pm
by kast2L
mx3autozam wrote:what lsd..mfactory????
yea thats who im getting it from why, they aren't good?

Re: Aftermarket axles

Posted: May 22nd, 2009, 4:46 pm
by marcdh
Honda boys love them, can't be that bad...! I have good faith in them.

Re: Aftermarket axles

Posted: May 23rd, 2009, 7:49 pm
by mx3autozam
very well known for Honda's the one for the kl I think has some issues. Dansac aka Frakenprobe was doing testing with them and they have some play in the axles. You can grab the axle and pull it out about an inch on each side. They are workin with him on correcting the problem before they start production. But they should be a good unit and fairly well priced.