Testing CV joints

[Huw Powell]

> 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.

Try jacking up one wheel at a time and trying to spin them.  Because of 
the front and rear diff, they shouldn't turn with the other three wheels 
on the ground.  Unless the CV joint has broken...

-- 
Huw Powell

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