Anyone Ever See A Half-Shaft Rust Through

[Phishin]

So today on my way to work, the passenger side half-shaft in my 2010 Accord broke. The inner boot (not the CV boot) allowed water to collect and the shaft basically rusted through, causing it to break. There was a 1" long space in the shaft that was approximately half the diameter of the rest of the shaft.....

The car has 280k miles on it and both sides are the original shafts.

Anyone ever see this before?

 

[dishdude]

New one for me.

 

[Tkonrr]

The 2009-2013 Honda Fits are notorious for snapping their half shafts due to excessive corrosion. The 2010 Fit I just bought is getting new ones at the dealership this Friday covered by Honda's recall.

 

[ctechbob]

Yep, not uncommon on Honda's that live in the salt belt due to that rubber damper on there. Rust right under it and snap.

 

[jeepman3071]

The 2009-2013 Honda Fits are notorious for snapping their half shafts due to excessive corrosion. The 2010 Fit I just bought is getting new ones at the dealership this Friday covered by Honda's recall.

Yup, my mom's 2011 Fit snapped the passenger side half shaft right where the rubber isolator was. It had corroded under there and weakened. They were replaced under the recall, but of course Honda didn't have the parts to replace them before it snapped while driving. The car had around 80k miles at the time. We do live in a salt state.

 

[VersatileGuy]

I was a child then, but I do recall the '94 Civic Wagon my mom had needed CV boots or something. That car got ended in 2004 by a severe car accident, so it didn't even get used more than ten years. I would infer Honda builds parts of the axle pretty fragile. My state salts but it isn't as heavy as a Northeast state.

Compared to the 2007 Toyota Matrix she got, they are pathetic. The Toyota has 17 years, 225k and only just now are there partial small cracks on the driver axle's rubber boot.

 

[GSCJR]

Common on Hondas, I knew it was a Honda before I even clicked on the title.

 

[zzyzzx]

the shaft basically rusted through, causing it to break. There was a 1" long space in the shaft that was approximately half the diameter of the rest of the shaft.....

Please post pics of this!!!

 

[Allaneddie]

So today on my way to work, the passenger side half-shaft in my 2010 Accord broke. The inner boot (not the CV boot) allowed water to collect and the shaft basically rusted through, causing it to break. There was a 1" long space in the shaft that was approximately half the diameter of the rest of the shaft.....

The car has 280k miles on it and both sides are the original shafts.

Anyone ever see this before?

My Gosh, only 280 thousand miles and it broke. You just wouldn't expect that in a brand new car like that. I guess you will replace both sides now.

 

[Phishin]

My mechanic replaced the broken shaft, and forgot to replace the driver side. It will get done later this week.

This car is a my high-way cruiser. I'm so grateful it broke going 3MPH, rather than at 85MPH on the interstate.

I don't have pics of the broken shaft, but it looks just like the example in the video posted above. When the driver side is taken out and replaced, I'll tear it apart and see if similar corrosion is found under coupler boot as well.

 

[21_6.7f450]

Pics are needed for this one.

 

[Phishin]

Pics are needed for this one.

Watch the video above. It's right there starting at the 3:00 mark. It's better than any pics I could post.

 

[wlk]

My Element had rusted a good amount under the rubber isolator. They suck in the rust states

 

[frisco]

Whoa, my mechanic was explaining this to me during my last oil change on my CRV. May have to get him to inspect it and change if any signs of corrosion.

For the ppl that replaced that cv, did you get Honda OEM? Or aftermarket from RA? Few old threads on the CRV owners forum about aftermarket and vibration.

 

[wlk]

Whoa, my mechanic was explaining this to me during my last oil change on my CRV. May have to get him to inspect it and change if any signs of corrosion.

For the ppl that replaced that cv, did you get Honda OEM? Or aftermarket from RA? Few old threads on the CRV owners forum about aftermarket and vibration.

I went with TRQ, no problems so far after a few thousand miles