Ok this is driving me nuts...

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:04 pm

That is the Half Shaft...which connects the passenger side CV axle to the front diff... The grooves on the shaft wear down and the place where it connects to the CV wears down also.. Causing it to spin out of sink... and that is the vibration you feel going down the road.... The actual innards of the CV might be fine but where it connects to the half shaft is probably worn..

I'm sure there is a write up on how to remove the CV's somewhere on the forum... :wink:

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:13 pm

03CDKJ wrote:

That is the Half Shaft...which connects the passenger side CV axle to the front diff... The grooves on the shaft wear down and the place where it connects to the CV wears down also.. Causing it to spin out of sink... and that is the vibration you feel going down the road.... The actual innards of the CV might be fine but where it connects to the half shaft is probably worn..

I'm sure there is a write up on how to remove the CV's somewhere on the forum... :wink:

ok and just outta of general curiosity what does something like that cost to fix or replace? i have just under 3 weeks to head up to Colorado for the run???

Guest · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:16 pm

300-400

Way cheaper to pull it apart DIY...

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:16 pm

0311_DoC wrote:

03CDKJ wrote:

That is the Half Shaft...which connects the passenger side CV axle to the front diff... The grooves on the shaft wear down and the place where it connects to the CV wears down also.. Causing it to spin out of sink... and that is the vibration you feel going down the road.... The actual innards of the CV might be fine but where it connects to the half shaft is probably worn..

I'm sure there is a write up on how to remove the CV's somewhere on the forum... :wink:

ok and just outta of general curiosity what does something like that cost to fix or replace? i have just under 3 weeks to head up to Colorado for the run???

$60 for a used one... $125-$200 for one from the stealership...
and then if your CV is toast... like mine.. :roll:

175 for a new cv...

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:21 pm

but then you might as well get a new drivers side cv too... :roll:

and new LCA's, Knuckles, front diff... Oh and get all new hardware and paint everything red and black! :twisted:

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:30 pm

OH JOY !!!!!! i sure hope that its not all that>>>>

durangotang · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:11 pm

Switch the front tires first though... I'd hate for it to be something that silly after you do some major work:lol:

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:20 pm

durangotang wrote:

Switch the front tires first though... I'd hate for it to be something that silly after you do some major work:lol:

x2

icarl · **Posted:** Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:33 am

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

have ya rotated tires or anything latley?

Have you done this yet? This was probably the best advice here. I certainly wouldn't pull the front end apart until i checked the basics first. If you don't know what you are doing you might end up just making it worse. Wash your wheels, suspension and driveline parts; check your tire pressures; inspect and rotate your tires first.

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:19 am

icarl wrote:

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

have ya rotated tires or anything latley?

Have you done this yet? This was probably the best advice here. I certainly wouldn't pull the front end apart until i checked the basics first. If you don't know what you are doing you might end up just making it worse. Wash your wheels, suspension and driveline parts; check your tire pressures; inspect and rotate your tires first.

well thats whats weird cuz it did that with my other set of tires. I just put on the new set just recently. but I will try it.

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:28 am

ok now this just gets better

i just went over a speed bump at about 10 mph not a very big one but I am now hearing what can can only be described as a click sound from the passenger front side. after i heard it, I went back over the speed bump a few times at different speeds between 10-15 mph and heard the click each time... so can that be in tune with all the other potential suggestions?

ken · **Posted:** Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:39 pm

Sounds like the cv to me. :cry:

I had a honda car (fwd) in H.S. and that was the sound it made click..click..click. when turning corners. I suspect yours is just beginning to wear therefore only noticeable at certain times. It will get worse until you change it/them. :cry:

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:51 pm

ken wrote:

Sounds like the cv to me. :cry:

I had a honda car (fwd) in H.S. and that was the sound it made click..click..click. when turning corners. I suspect yours is just beginning to wear therefore only noticeable at certain times. It will get worse until you change it/them. :cry:

well the click only the happened when I went over the speed bump and it only clicked once. like when the shock or strut was flexing or something was touching something else, if that the proper term to use. I am also wondering if the two issues are the same or 2 different problems...HMMM

ken · **Posted:** Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:16 pm

Well there's only so much there that it can be. So goes the process of elimination. Still it sounds cv related to me. :shock:

fortx4 KJ · **Posted:** Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:20 pm

I have the same problem right now. I checked and rechecked everything on the frontend and found out I had play on the cv joint going to the half shaft. I thought the cv would make noise only way you turn but that was not the case. :evil:

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:51 pm

fortx4 KJ wrote:

I have the same problem right now. I checked and rechecked everything on the frontend and found out I had play on the cv joint going to the half shaft. I thought the cv would make noise only way you turn but that was not the case. :evil:

now when you say play how much play are u getting? are u twisting or shaking or pulling it or what? is it not supposed to move at all and is always to be tight? i don't fully understand the play thing ...

KJ in CO · **Joined:** Thu Apr 09, 2009 4:06 pm **Posts:** 346

You have already checked your swaybar linkage? I have had the problem of that thing loosening up on several vehicles I have owned and would only be a half turn loose and would make a click/clack sound when i went over certain bumps and dips. I suggest this on everything with similar symptoms cause it is an easy fix but hard to identify. Well, was for me at first :roll:

. I have had all the other problems also... CVs, tire pulls, you name it.. But those arent all that common. So I wouldnt assume its something too crazy at first.

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:07 pm

KJ in CO wrote:

You have already checked your swaybar linkage?

um again mechanical idiot here.. I wouldn't even know to identify what that is or how to even check it... :oops:

KJ in CO · **Joined:** Thu Apr 09, 2009 4:06 pm **Posts:** 346

Here ya go...

Tighten up them two bolts. The top one will be connected to your sway bar that runs across to the other side of the vehicle. It actually looks like its loose in the picture. Maybe its just me?

Let me know if it werked.

fortx4 KJ · **Posted:** Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:57 pm

I'm able to move the cv up, down, in, and out there should be a little play but I shouldn't be able to rotate it around like that.

Ok this is driving me nuts...

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