clicking cv

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Sun May 13, 2007 1:58 pm

it may be a bit of a noob Q but anyway- If i have a clicking cv with no visible tears on the boot, does that mean it needs more grease/can it be repaired, or is it screwed and on its way out?

one of my fronts is clickn and hopefully its not coming from the complete new shaft i put in 2 weeks ago.

D3V1L · Post by **D3V1L** » Sun May 13, 2007 2:39 pm

well my new cv shaft i put in 2 weeks ago died last night

92 brumby · Post by **92 brumby** » Sun May 13, 2007 5:51 pm

and my rear went yesterday anyone got one

Post by **Alex** » Sun May 13, 2007 6:18 pm

yes Matt...it may have a chunk out of one of the bearing cages or sumthing...my new one is still going strong!

alex

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Sun May 13, 2007 8:30 pm

If it lacks grease then it would shutter badly during acceleration... then if you get to it straight away it can be saved.... if it's clicking then its stuffed... only hope is to swap your complete shafts from left to right... this may give you some more time due to the wear points being in different spots.

Other than that u will need to replace it.

Dave

cooloothin · Post by **cooloothin** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:21 pm

depends on how much you car about the money or your car though.

Subies are indestructable.. i'm sure i'm not the only one here who has let a clicking CV go for months before replacing it. One CV got so bad over a christmas holiday when i was ferrying lots of friends to the beach that they all thought my engine was falling out onto the ground or something. Was just a really buggered CV. (needless to say, for those naysayers that like all-new parts, I ended up replacing more than just the CV in that situation)

but yeah as subarino said, they're probably stuffed and its just a matter of time.