Can this CV joint make clanking?

[Konstantin Bogach]

Luis, thanks. But U-joint was lubricated 4 month ago.  I don't think it is
U-joint. But... who knows.

Konstantin.

Luis Felipe Patino wrote:

> > Hi listers.
> >
> > I have drive shaft off.  Front CV has play. Rear is tight.  The play is
> > not big.  Could this CV make loud clanking sound?
>
> hi, i'm sorry not to have written sooner, b/c i
> may have saved  you the work of removing the drive
> shaft: my previous 4kq (an '85) had similar drive
> shaft symptoms until i read from the list that the
> drive shaft u-joint - not the CVs - needs regular
> greasing.
>
> sure enough mine was bone dry. i took the car to a
> jiffy lube, and asked them to grease it with their
> general-purpose grease from their grease gun. "but
> i don't see the fitting!" whined the grease dude.
> "trust me: it's there. just rotate the shaft 'till
> you find it," i said. "oh, yes! you're right!" he
> proclaimed, and proceeded to pump grease into the
> joint until grease squirted out of the u-joint. it
> took *a lot* of grease to accomplish that.
>
> then after about 100 miles of driving all the
> drive shaft noise disappeared - for good.
>
> HTH,
>
> luis - '87 4kcsq