First, check the "boots" around the CV joints. If they are leaking grease or cracked or you see evidence of grease that was thrown from the CV joint, replace it. You won't get any more service out of it. Second, if the joint makes a grinding or popping noise when you go around a corner, replace it. In front-wheel drive cars, a sure sign of worn CV joints is a loud rhythmic clunking or clicking sound that comes especially while turning tight circles. It is commonly said that sound while turning right indicates a problem in the left drive-shaft's joint and vice-versa though this is not always the case.
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Clicks, squeaks, shakes, leaking lubricant.
Worn U joints, flex disks, or CV joints.
Worn out CV joints
Coming from the drive wheels? Could be worn CV joints
Bad CV joints. Replace the CV joints.
worn suspension (ie), ball joints , tie rod ends also possibly cv joint wear but most likely ball joints worn your answer here...
The average cost to replace CV joints is approximately $300. It is more inexpensive and less time consuming to replace both CV joints.
Yes you have two drive axles that use 2 CV joints, both have an inner CV joint and an Outer CV joint
There a different symptoms, noise being the most common, either clunking, clacking or grinding. However, you can have vibrations, handling changes, rotor and tire wear as a result of bad CV joints. If left uncorrected, bad CV joints can seize up completely, leaving you stranded.
You need to have the cv joints looked at. That's happened in my dad's car before and he had to replace the cv joints.
It doesn't have universal joints. The axle shafts have constant velocity (CV) joints.It doesn't have universal joints. The axle shafts have constant velocity (CV) joints.
Most of them do have cv joints at the front wheels.