Shimmy, shake, jiggle, when >50 mph and accelarating - RESOLVED - Bad CV Axles

[omar302]

@1004ron

 

I did not have the vibration/shimmy at acceleration, but a bad clunk. But based on your findings with the wear found on the axles, and as I had no other explanation for the clunking I got. Also the fact that the axle part numbers were superceded several times (at least 5), I went ahead and replaced the left side, OEM. 

The clunking is finally fixed, at least about 80% of it. Also the Edge felt smoother. So I replaced the right side too. Even better. 

Opening the inner bearings on both axles revealed similar wear. Both sides also had the grease come out in liquid form. 

 

Left side:

 

 

Right side:

 

[1004ron]

@omar302

 

Good to hear.

In my opinion this is a premature failure of this type of joint and suspect its improper lubricant.

 

I occasionally had the clunk with the steering at full lock and pulling off.

 

Another symptom is what sounded like gear whine to me and thought it was my transfer case going out.

That whine is about gone - its very faint now and sounds like its coming from the rear and if I monitor the AWD to FWD transfer I can hear a decrease at that time goes into FWD, which has me thinking about changing the rear CV Axles and if I do I'll be looking the TrakMotive or GSP on RockAuto.com

$85 per CV Axle, most likely also incorrect lubricant, experience changing these and the fact that it should be easier on the rear, makes me close to pulling the trigger on replacing the rear.

 

I had symptoms 2, 3, 4 & 5 described in the attached document.

https://www.rockauto.com/info/570/TrakMotive-Noise-Sumptoms-of-a-Worn-CV-Shaft-02.17.pdf

 

Anyone have experience with TrakMotive or GSP CV Axles?

[Biker]

Thanks for the updates!

[omar302]

On 2/21/2026 at 3:51 PM, 1004ron said:

That whine is about gone - its very faint now and sounds like its coming from the rear and if I monitor the AWD to FWD transfer I can hear a decrease at that time goes into FWD, which has me thinking about changing the rear CV Axles

 

If you want, you can disconnect the connector for the RDU clutch/module which will make it run in full FWD mode. This could help you feel the difference with no load to the rear. 

 

On 2/21/2026 at 3:51 PM, 1004ron said:

Anyone have experience with TrakMotive or GSP CV Axles?

 

I have no experience with any, but I did notice that the case of the inner CV for the TrakMotive is circular, while the GSP looks like the OEM one. 

 

Another thing I noticed, the rear OEM Axle part number was superceded once only, unlike the fronts which changed 5 times, at least.