Clicking noise under '91 CQ when turning

Grant Lenahan glenahan at vfemail.net
Sat Dec 7 05:49:58 PST 2013


yep. +1
On Dec 7, 2013, at 8:18 AM, VanderSchaaf wrote:

> Raxles.com is good stuff.  I’ve purchased 3 half-shafts from them so far.  Be careful, though, if you have “Chinese” axles currently on you car, they won’t accept them for core.  I had two on my wife’s A6 avant (which explains why I couldn’t get the stinking outer joint off the shaft to replace just the boot…).  But knowing this going in, Raxles gave me a bit of a discount on the core charge since he didn’t have to pay the return shipping on them. 
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> Dave
> 90 90q 20v (for sale)
> 99 A6 Avant
> 01 allroad
> 
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> On Dec 6, 2013, at 11:29 AM, Andrew Buc <abuc at andrewbuc.com> wrote:
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> On Dec 5, 2013, at 4:14 PM, Grant Lenahan wrote:
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>> the CV joints, and its a big job. If its clicking, typically the joint is failing.
> 
> I would add: Don't procrastinate on getting it fixed, or you may be stranded. And if you're going to do one side, you might as well do both, just in case.
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> Any BTDT on half-shafts from these folks?
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> http://www.raxles.com/
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> In my case a while back, the CV joint had failed and stranded me (I had procrastinated for a few weeks), so my garage used axles made by EMPI, which they could get immediately.
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