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I ran into my 2nd major issue. Since a few days i was getting clicking and sometimes grinding sounds from below. I kept thinking that those were my break pads, althought the sound came only when clutch and gear were engaged. Kept driving with the noise. This Sunday finally took it to mechanic. He siad both front Axles have to be rebuilt or replaced. 3k per Axle then parts and labour. Will take 2 days atleast to complete the work. I didn't have 2 days so while going back home, first visited the Kurla CST road. A mechanic checked and said without opening the wheels, he wont be able to check. So i agreed, he opened both wheels and slipped below the car. Came out saying passenger side Axle is completely damaged and driver side just has minor play. Left has to be replaced immediately. Rebuilding cost 2.5k, bushings both sides 1.6k and labour 1.2k. I agreed. Axle was taken to a rebuilder, he said he cant repair it, have to buy a new or second. On Sunday new can't be sourced. So mechanic checked a few more stores and found a good one at 4k. Had no choice so Bought it. Meanwhile the gear oil had come out while opening the Axle, checked it, it was almost as thin as water. It was the fully synthetic petronas oil, i guess mixed with water now. So this time bought a cheaper Castrol oil 1 litre for 250 Rs. Bought 2.5 L. Every thing was fixed and now there is no sound at all while driving. Final cost came to 7.5k.
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