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Old 09-22-2003, 02:57 PM
frankym frankym is offline
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Terry,

You might have your mechanic inspect the inner CV tripod housings. On both my tripods, there was evidence of the axles bottoming out on the housings. In my case, I had to have the housing machined down to allow for clearance. I was experiencing a rumble on hole shots and acceleration in the turns on any road course with some gusto. The problem seems to have disappeared and any remaining rub hopefully will simply wears its own path, but in my case I had too much contact for comfort. I did manage to completely wear out one of the inner cv joints (not the housing) on the passenger side so it could be that I had a rebuilt CV or something but this was a case of mismatched parts, the camber on the rear wheels of the SPF will not allow for a full bump steer with that rear as it sits. Maybe they changed this on newer cars, but mine is an 1100 series car.

check it out, let us know what you find.
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