Hello Guys, New owner of Infiniti FX37s 2012 from Indonesia

[jacky satio]

Hello guys
I'm new owner of Infiniti FX37S, I'm from Indonesia.
Recently I bought used Infiniti FX37S 2012/2013 European Spec Right Hand Drive (all Indonesia Infiniti FX37S is European Spec)
The car now have 54.000 KM / 33.534 Miles. The car is lowered with eibach lowering spring and using vossen 22inch wheel.
Drive a few days then suddenly I hear loud clunking noise from front right side. Take it to mechanic shop then they inspect my inner CV axle got problem, then they tear it down and found that the tripod join is damaged . Then I try to source the item at internet and found at amazon Febest Inner join right with the tripod bearing set.
After I replace the Febest part, just drove out from the mechanic shop, then the same thing happen, loud clunking noise again from the right side. Take back to the mechanic shop, they take down the whole right cv axle, the same thing happen, the tripod bearing is damaged and destroy the inner CV boot.
Then I order the whole front right cv axle matching the original part number 39100-1CA0A from bestautopart US. After 15 days they part arrived. The part brand is TrakMotive with part number NI-8575.
When Installing the whole Trakmotive front right CV axle, the mechanic said that the shaft is too short, it stretch the inner cv boot too much and the mechanic afraid that the CV axle might pop out and destroy the tripod bearing again.
My question is how could this happen? anybody have this problem before? The Trakmotive Cv axle is exactly the same length as the original cv axle, I measure it before the mechanic put the part in
Is it my transmission mount, engine mount or other undercarriage damage can cause this problem? My mechanic said that maybe transmission or engine mount was damaged.
Can transmission mount or engine mount cause the CV axle to pop out?
I'm really frustrated, I want to order the original Infiniti whole CV axle but I'm afraid the same
thing will happen and It will cost alot.

 

[la_fx35]

Welcome to
You mechanic should take a closer look at these mounts if he suspected are broken. Any chance the front right knuckle was bent? How was the drive before this happen?

 

[jacky satio]

Welcome to
You mechanic should take a closer look at these mounts if he suspected are broken. Any chance the front right knuckle was bent? How was the drive before this happen?

Thank you la_fx35
Just normal drive.
After checking with my mechanics, engine mount and transmission mount were damage. Front knuckle is good.
The right side cv axle that I order (Trakmotive brand) from US, is only from left hand drive FX not for right hand drive .
So now Im gonna order the original infiniti parts from Infiniti Indonesia and see how its goes, It takes 1 month for the parts to arrive.
I will also to change new engine mounts and transmission mount, then change the new original infiniti right side CV axle. Hopes everything will be alright.

 

[la_fx35]

Given such low mileage on your car, it hard to imagine these mounts were damaged. Is this from a trustworthy mechanic/shop?

 

[jacky satio]

Given such low mileage on your car, it hard to imagine these mounts were damaged. Is this from a trustworthy mechanic/shop?

Yes, its my friend mechanic/shop.
The engine mount is confirmed damaged/wear out, lots of engine vibration and clunking noise when shifting from P to D or R.
In Indonesia 50.000KM is considered not low milage, cause road here is bad, lots of pothole, bad roads and alot of traffic jam. So even the car only had 50.000KM its had alot of time sitting in traffic and not in constant move like the highway road in US.
Mostly car in here, 5 years already have major service and changing alot of wear and tear parts like engine mounting and bushing
I will update here once I change all the parts that needed see how it goes, hope everything will be okay

 

[jacky satio]

Found the problem, turn out my engine mount is broken, and the engine mounting bracket also crack, change both of them, and no more problem