CV joint - how to ID a bad one?

[Pat Korach]

David

One why to tell if you have a bad outer CV joint is to put the car
in neutral with the parking brake on.  Twist the axle in question
back and forth, up and down at the suspect joint.  If you it is loose
then that is the joint.  To make sure check the other side to make sure.
 I have only used this procedure on a front wheel drive audi.
Hope this helps

Pat Korach
Kirkland, WA


David Conner wrote:

> The other part of my question, which I forgot to include, is how to tell
> which side it's on.
> Does noise while turning left indicate the problem CV is on the >right< side?
>
> None of the boots are torn, but the outer one on the right side has a
> suspect boot clamp ... a zip tie instead of the metal clamp.  Some grease
> has seeped out over the years, and I suspect some dirt/water has seeped in.
>   For these reasons this is the joint I suspect is at fault, but I don't
> want to replace things based on assumptions as I've been wrong in the past.
>
> Thanks for all the replies.
>
> Dave C.