# Axle Problem

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/axle-problem/72826>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 3, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/axle-problem/72826 "2012-06-03T03:38:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mattT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@mattT](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mattT)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/axle-problem/72826/1 "2012-06-03T03:38:46Z")

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I just replaced my drivers side axle (cv joint was clicking), and now my car vibrates at highway speeds when when turning right. I am pretty sure I seated the axle correctly…could it be a bad axle? I heard that turning the axle 90 degrees and reinstalling may help? I got a new axle (Empi brand). Any suggestions? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![mattT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@mattT](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mattT)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/axle-problem/72826/2 "2012-06-03T03:39:19Z")

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I forgot to mention, it is a '90 Nissan Maxima

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**Author:** ![RemcoW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/remcow/32/2471_2.png) [@RemcoW](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RemcoW)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/axle-problem/72826/3 "2012-06-03T05:09:23Z")

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Fwiw, EMPI is not a brand known for quality. In the vintage VW world, that brand is avoided like the plague.  
Did the old shaft have a harmonic balancer in place, by chance? It may look like a thick hockey puck that is placed along the shaft.