Testing CV joints

[Evan Parker]

Common failure point on them is the boots.



Jack up the car and first, inspect them for cuts In the boot, then, this
is 

The important part, squeeze them as if they were a breast.

They will feel firm and supple if they are good.  

If they are bad it will feel like you're squeezing a piece of rubber.

Yes I'm completely serious in saying this, it's pervy, but it's true.

Usually a CV will only go bad if the grease has creeped out and dried up
the boot.



-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
On Behalf Of Kneale Brownson
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 3:41 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Testing CV joints

When our 4kq wouldn't move forward after my wife backed it out of her
parking space, but just sit and make a strange whirring noise when the
clutch was let out, I got it going by locking the differentials.

So how do I determine which of the eight joints has failed?  They all
look
"normal" when eyeballed.
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