Why is cv axel touching my A arm

[Riley12]

Why is my cv axel rubbing on my A arm the cv axel has no play when I grab it. When I drive it makes a horrible rubbing noise and grinding noise but when I let off the gas there is no noise.

[CamGTP]

The wheel bearing centers the axle in a sense. If the bearing is basically completely shot it could change the center and the axle will drop.

 

That's just a guess.

[rav3]

From what I see if I blow up your pic for the Driver side, your lower ball joint is not seated properly. I'm not sure what holds it in, but the top flange should be all the way down & seated on the control arm. Did you hit a pothole hard? Almost looks like the bottom holding nut has less thread under it than the other side.

EDITED: Try tightening that bottom castle nut to see if it will pull the ball joint back down. I believe there should be a cotter pin in the castle nut to keep it from coming loose. Check to see if it's in there.

Edited January 16, 2023 by rav3

[Tucker]

Good eye rav3. You can tell by the amount of threads sticking out below the nut in each pic. And yeah the ball joint isn't properly seated.