axle hop- how to fix?

5L · 29-02-2008, 04:13 AM

well enough is enough, im sick of my car bouncing like a mosh pit is jumping on its boot on take offs. drop the clutch at 3000rpm and the whole thing axle hops all the way through first, giving me a really bad take off.

is there anything i can do to stop this i am thinking about doing the springs and shocks, i went and spoke to my suspension bloke he said he was going to make a couple of calls regarding it but asked me to jump online and see if there was an already known way of stopping it.

DOC · 29-02-2008, 04:25 AM

Give it to me for a few hours, I'll see if i can tame that puppy for you.

? Is it lowered or had any suspension work, that may be a good start, also the rears on the AU's were known for worn shock mounts, have you checked these ?

5L · 29-02-2008, 04:47 AM

lol pete im sure you would,

its all standard stuff at the moment, so im guessing that is part of the problem. might aswell get some decent stuff and do it right the first time.

blackers10 · 29-02-2008, 07:50 AM

noticed its an xr8.. check your rear upper strut mounts..(accessed behind the seats)

loxxr6 · 29-02-2008, 01:56 PM

How do you tell if a strut mount is stuffed ?

DOC · 29-02-2008, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by AUXR8220

lol pete im sure you would,

its all standard stuff at the moment, so im guessing that is part of the problem. might aswell get some decent stuff and do it right the first time.

Probably a good start, just imagine an inner spring mattress that has been hammered hard for 8 years, it's going to start giving you a rough ride, time for a new mira coil, it should give you and your passengers a firmer ride.

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loxxr6 How do you tell if a strut mount is stuffed ?

It would feel sloppy and in most cases develops a rattle or knock especially when cornering or traveling on a rippled surface.

blackers10 · 29-02-2008, 06:47 PM

if you pop the carpet from around the strut
get a friend to bounce the car up and down(as tho your checking your shocks)

and you will see the shaft poking up and down where it should be sitting still

and you will hear a clunky noise

MADED-6 · 01-03-2008, 11:02 AM

i recon check all bushes and see if any are split and maybe even put nolathane bushes in.
mine does it a little bit on hard take off if i just stab it but if i stall it up and take off then it just fries the tyres and doesnt do it lol.
but in saying that at the track with more grip i recon it would do it a fair bit more.
but i do have a few bushes that are split that ill be fixing soon i hope.
also my rh driveshaft is slightly bent could that cause it?.
cheers josh.

stiddy · 01-03-2008, 02:08 PM

Had this problem through 1st and 2nd.. I replaced my stock shocks with Koni shocks and now axle tramp is non existant.

MADED-6 · 02-03-2008, 12:04 PM

if u dont mind me asking how much did u pay for ur koni's.
cheers josh.

ClassicAU · 02-03-2008, 12:36 PM

I used to have a really bad case of axle tramp also, worse so that mine is a live rear. As soon as I put the Super Low springs and shortened shocks, it all but disappeared.

Evan