CV joints going bad

Fouros · **Posted:** Fri May 26, 2006 8:32 pm

how do you tell when your CV's are going bad , i am getting a cliking sound when i reverse and turn the wheel or go forward and turn the wheels at a very slow speed, or am i just being paranoid???

liberated4life · **Posted:** Fri May 26, 2006 10:30 pm

CV's will make a sharp clicking (fairly loud) sound when your turning and will be quiet as long as your going straight and not going over bumps. There aren't any ways of looking at the CV other than looking at the boots to make sure they are not torn. So your not being paranoid at all. Check it out as soon as possible because if you let it go on for too long things, and I mean expensive things, will be breaking!

Edwin · **Posted:** Fri May 26, 2006 11:44 pm

Fouros wrote:

how do you tell when your CV's are going bad , i am getting a cliking sound when i reverse and turn the wheel or go forward and turn the wheels at a very slow speed, or am i just being paranoid???

Let me know what you find buddy. :wink:

Fouros · **Posted:** Sun May 28, 2006 9:11 pm

well i feel like a goose,

went out for a club run yeaterday and since my mudflaps were only being held on by 1 1/2 rivets i removed them and well bugger me the clicking has stopped , :oops:

so after all this time stressing about my CV's it was that simple

JFortier777 · **Posted:** Sun May 28, 2006 9:55 pm

I was always told that the easiest way to check your CVs was to get movin about 35-40 MPH and brake really hard, just under the threshold of losing traction or activating ABS.
All of the weight of the vehicle will be shifted right on top of the front axles and if they grind and click when that happens, than the clock is ticking until failure.

Also A great way to check is to see if they are still there...
Look between your front wheel and the differential, if there is no CV axle shaft there, than its a safe bet that its shot. :-)r

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