constant velocity
There will be clicking and poping in tight turns. A visual inspection of the boots will show torn or ripped boots and the joint will be dry.
The bellows on a CV joint is the rubber boot that covers the joint keeping dirt and water out, grease in.
The 2000 Ram had u joints, not cv joints at the front axle.
It's usually much more inexpensive to replace the entire drive shaft than to repair a worn cv joint. The new drive shaft will come with new cv joints and new boots.
CV (Constant-Velocity) joint
First, check the lug nuts and wheel bearing... maybe it really IS coming off.If both of those are okay, next check the CV joint. Typically a CV joint that's worn that bad will have a torn or damaged "boot". Whenever you see a damaged CV joint boot, just replace the CV joint. After-market boots seldom work.
sound like a bad cv joint aka axle shaft check rubber boots on left and right axle if they are cracked and open chances are cv joint went bad from lack of luberication and contaminents
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If it is round, it is a cv. If it is a cross shape, it is an u joint.
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Yes you have two drive axles that use 2 CV joints, both have an inner CV joint and an Outer CV joint