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Originally Posted by brillo_76
Aftermarket cv Axles don't have those dust shields. If they are too rusty or hitting things. Might have to knock them out. :]
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Good to know! I was gonna remove them but I saw there was a rubber seal on the inside, and even though it just looks like a secondary seal for the wheel hub (or at most, helping keep the axle snout dry), I decided to leave it in and try to hammer them down a little bit with a brass punch. The noise definitely changed but isn't gone completely so maybe removing them altogether is the way to go
Edit: on further investigation supposedly they' pretty pertinent to keeping water out of the bearing? Or at least according to Taco World? That seems weird to me if OEM axles are the only ones with them...
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