i dont know much about this to be honest...i can do engine or what have you...but new to this. anyway, i have this clicking/knocking from my passenger side front wheel area. it is most prevalent when im just stop and go...as soon as i let of the gas this clicking starts...sounds like absolute ****. anyone know what this is?

oh yea...i did a tire rotation about 200 mi ago, and it started after that. but ive taken off and resecured all the tires about 3 times to no avail after this, so i dont know.

thanks!

 

does it happen when you turn to?

 

not as much...what do you think? actually i dont recall it hardly ever doing it on turns.

 

have U taken the wheels off and inspected the area? clicking usually occurs when turning though.
BTW, replacing the axle shafts is way easier than u may think. just have a good manual and you'll be ok
-will

 

see i dont know...i suppose it clicks a bit when i turn as well. ive taken the wheel off a bunch of times and screwed around in there and didnt see anything.

 

I would take the wheel off and check all the bolts to see if there is anything loose, also is the boot broken at all.

 

have you took it to a shop so they can check it out, so you can find out what exactly it is, then you can see how much it is to fix it, and you can call around for the repairs or you can do it yourself.

 

i guess ill take it to a shop later today...yuck. more bills.

 

Well just go and ask them to check it out and to see whats doing it, do ask them to fix it, just to check because they won't charge you to check, so when you know what it is, most likely you can fix it your self or just call around for the best price.

 

yea ill do that --- thanks man

 

Usually broken CV joints will only knock when you Accelerate while turning. After the boot has been busted for 4 hours the joint will start to knock.

 

Well, don't know about the 4 hour thing. But I've been on a leaky one for some months and it finally busted open and still no clicks after like a month and maybe 10,000 miles since it all started. Someday I'll get around to changing it.

 

speaking of knocks and thuds.. my friend just got a remanufactured CV joint/boot because her old one tore and all the grease came out.. after they (shop) put in the remanufactured axle joint/boot the boot is fine, but over bumps and stuff it thumps/knocks.. do you guys know whats wrong w/ her car? is the remanufactured joint bad? or is something else damaged/broken?

 

Does it do it only over bumps? Maybe something is wrong with the suspension?

 

yeah it thumps when going over bumps or the cars in motion.. its not my car so I dont get to ride in it much.. just from what she told me..

 

my car has torn cv boots and when I let off the gas in a lower gear it'll start clicking.. but it's most prevelant when turning and accelerating (as long as the differential is turning the axles).

 

my CV boot has been leaking grease for like 8 months now.....no knocking or clicking from my car and its been long over 4 hours.

 

There was a clicking behind my front right wheel last month and I brought it into the dealer. Thought it was the CV joint and it turned out to be a rusting loose axle shaft. They told me they pulled out the axle, sanded off the rust, polished and relubed it and tightened it back up. Hasn't clicked since. They told me that the shaft was actually lose and they've never seen a shaft loosen itself like that before.
Hope that helps.

 

Just keep coating them with high temp grease to prolong it.

 

inspect all ball joints, check for play in the tie rod and check for grease incase your cv boot has a hole in it. My cv boot had a hole in it and i ended up destroying my wheel bearing.

 

thats what i do

...plus i pack a little grease in there whenever i have my wheels off.

 

Ghetto but works. My GTS has a torn CV boot and everyweek I keep lagging to change them, I just "touch" it up with high temp grease. Just wrap a bag around it to keep dirt out and make sure it don't get wet.

 

Here's an idea to save you some money.. If you replace anything that connects to the axle, replace the whole axle, not just what's broken. And if you decide to replace the axle, the 3rd gen Teg's front passanger axle is the same as the 2nd gen Teg's front passanger axle. I know this is true because the best mechanic I know told me so. It's his job to know..


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dude, look for a big nail in your tire. I ran over a bolt one time and could hear it when slowing to a stop or starting off, actually could feel it too because it was big, but didn't leak air.

 

I have the same problem ...have you got it fixed?