That wasn't on mine.

Like Don I just replaced the axles instead of just the joints. I believe it was around $90 Canadian for mine at the local Lordco. Just slide them in and your done. They came with a new nut too

By Jonathan (68.193.6.173) on Sunday, August 08, 2004 - 02:30 pm:

When I first saw it, that's what I thought too, but it's not a rubber thing, it's a solid hunk of steel.


Think it's something that has to go back on before I drive the car any kind of distances? I've had it around the block without the weight, actually seems to vibrate less, or at least as far as I can tell due to the hole that rusted through the exhaust while it was sitting for the few weeks it took the parts to come in.

By Neil - Colorado (198.81.26.75) on Sunday, August 08, 2004 - 02:19 pm:

Hey Jonathan:

If it's like my '82, having a rubber disk-like object clamped near the outer left axle, that "Funky Weight" is a Torsional Damper. It's used on the left (longer axle) since that represents a longer torsional spring. The designer's want to minimize the chances of oscillation as well as have both L&R axles behave the same.

Neil

By Don (199.2.139.197) on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 10:00 pm:

Shucks Or CSK as there called in some areas, I have also got them from Federated Auto parts

By Jonathan (68.193.6.173) on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 08:41 pm:

Oh yeah, and I don't think that weight is going back on anyway. The threads stripped right out of it when I was tightening it back on.

By Jonathan (68.193.6.173) on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 08:37 pm:

Don, where can you get axles for that price, a chain store or local place? I tried the only auto parts store open tonight, and they wanted $103 per side. I'll try a few more when the local ones are open on Monday.

By Don (199.2.139.179) on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 04:53 pm:

Reman Axles W/lifetime guarantee 49.95 no fuss no muss from you local autoparts store. I repair cars for a living and at that price I do not mess with the axles. Your right it takes special tools to seat the clamps.

By Bruce (4.159.56.162) on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 04:37 pm:

I have them on some of mine.....others thier are none, I have no clue what they do, unless they have something to do with vibration because it is longer than the right one(?)

By Jonathan (68.193.6.173) on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 04:13 pm:

That's what I thought at first too, but it seems to add the same amount of weight to both sides of the axle, so it wouldn't have any net effect.

Now I'm finding that it's a PITA to get those clamps tight that hold the boots on. I've all but given up on getting them to work right, and now trying to find something that'll work in thier place.

Does everybody have these on thier axles, or is it something to do with a particular year/model/transmission? They're not shown in a Honda shop manual I have, but there are "bumps" on the axle to locate them.

By Kurt (207.6.118.157) on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 03:00 pm:

It could be a balancing weight just like rear wheel drive shafts are balanced.

By Jonathan (68.193.6.173) on Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 12:13 pm:

I'm in the middle of replacing the CV boots on my axles today, and to get the left one off, I needed to remove a weight that's on the axle, so I could get the lower control arm bolt out. I was wondering what the weight is there for. Is it used to balance the axle, or there for some other reason? I hope it doesn't have to fit on at a certain orientation, it slipped while I was loosening it.