need a new axle, is it better to replace both as a pair?

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willydog - 05 Feb 2006 22:49 GMT

Hi. A nissan master tech at the local dealership told me I need a new
passenger side axle. I found some good ones on ebay for $45 and I'm
going to bring them to a local mechanic to install.

Question: Is this type of part best replaced in pairs? If I replace the
passenger side axle, will that cause drivability problems if I don't
replace the driver side axle too? The car has 140k miles on it. The
driver side axle seems fine. Takes the bumps real well. The passenger
side is in rough shape though.

Thanks,
willydog

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JimV - 06 Feb 2006 00:15 GMT

> Hi. A nissan master tech at the local dealership told me I need a new
> passenger side axle. I found some good ones on ebay for $45 and I'm
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> Thanks,
> willydog

There's no real reason to if the boots are good on the other one, but
you'll probably be doing it before too long anyway so I'd consider it.

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DemoDisk - 06 Feb 2006 03:51 GMT

> > Hi. A nissan master tech at the local dealership told me I need a new
> > passenger side axle. I found some good ones on ebay for $45 and I'm
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> There's no real reason to if the boots are good on the other one, but
> you'll probably be doing it before too long anyway so I'd consider it.

I'm looking at the same repair. According to what I've read, if you
replace them both, do it one axle at a time. Do NOT have both
half-shafts off the car at the same time -- you could lose an important
gear/driveshaft alignment. The transmission would have to be removed to
restore it. Can't remember if that's for both AT and manual.

JPM

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