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Clicky Axle Warranty claim


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Dropping off my 2007 with extended Nissan warranty tomorrow at bromley Ancaster Nissan with Neil and Richard Coward (Top UK Z car and GT-R mechanic)

 

Neil thinks it should be fine under the warranty and they have got others done, so fingers crossed all goes OK.

 

Will keep you updated

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Yes -aware it will be a rotation and a regressed, but will query we guarantee length of repairs.

 

On a more positive note I am hooning around in a 61 plate 370z gt coupe with synchro mode gear box!

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Wouldnt cover the click under my after sales Nissan warranty (even after getting the Warranty company guy to visit the car) - however agreed to do a regrease and rotation for a competitive price.

 

Work also needed on the Thrust Bearing and Clutch Nose Cone which is a mega job, and this is covered under Warranty which is good. I only asked for them to lube/grease the clutch pivot point as it felt like it had a little stiction!

 

So, return the 370z loan car this week, and swap cars back aagin in a few weeks once the bearing kit arrives on back order from Japan.

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Wouldnt cover the click under my after sales Nissan warranty (even after getting the Warranty company guy to visit the car) - however agreed to do a regrease and rotation for a competitive price.

 

Work also needed on the Thrust Bearing and Clutch Nose Cone which is a mega job, and this is covered under Warranty which is good. I only asked for them to lube/grease the clutch pivot point as it felt like it had a little stiction!

 

So, return the 370z loan car this week, and swap cars back aagin in a few weeks once the bearing kit arrives on back order from Japan.

 

 

re grease and rotation is a waste of money. The clicky axle will be back in 6 months

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Wouldnt cover the click under my after sales Nissan warranty (even after getting the Warranty company guy to visit the car) - however agreed to do a regrease and rotation for a competitive price.

 

Work also needed on the Thrust Bearing and Clutch Nose Cone which is a mega job, and this is covered under Warranty which is good. I only asked for them to lube/grease the clutch pivot point as it felt like it had a little stiction!

 

So, return the 370z loan car this week, and swap cars back aagin in a few weeks once the bearing kit arrives on back order from Japan.

 

 

re grease and rotation is a waste of money. The clicky axle will be back in 6 months

 

Have to disagree, sorry, doogyrev and myself did his more than six months ago, but we noticed that there was a swaff ball of metal between the 2 machined mating faces. This was deburred and a light smear of grease was applied.

With regard to the grease in the joint, if the boot has not split, and there is grease within the cv joint, what clicks :shrug: and why would new grease be required in the first place?

 

We thoroughly checked doogyrevs cv joint, and found the grease was in good condition and there were no losses of grease at all, all the rotating surfaces were covered in grease, there was no gritty feeling within the grease at all, so one would assume that there was no metal to metal contact and the grease was intact doing its job.

 

Everything we witnessed pointed to the mating faces as mentioned already. So, if all Nissan do is rotate and regrease, and not clean off the burr from the mating faces, then yes I would agree that the click will return, however if done as we did, then I think the problem will be gone for another couple of years, or more.

I am positive, the click has nothing to do with grease. It's all friction related on the mating faces, which are pulled together with enormous amounts of pressure, one small foreign body between the faces will cause the click when torque is applied,

 

We noticed a witness track where this ball of metal had been rubbing. When I say ball, it was no more than 0.4mm diameter.

This is my opinion and written without malice, just an honest appraisal of what we found doing doogys car.

And relax....... :lol:

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we noticed that there was a swaff ball of metal between the 2 machined mating faces. ......We noticed a witness track where this ball of metal had been rubbing. When I say ball, it was no more than 0.4mm diameter.

 

 

Do you have a pic showing what to look for by any chance?

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we noticed that there was a swaff ball of metal between the 2 machined mating faces. ......We noticed a witness track where this ball of metal had been rubbing. When I say ball, it was no more than 0.4mm diameter.

 

 

Do you have a pic showing what to look for by any chance?

No sorry,

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