thedirty

okay so i know where that clunkin noise is at.. i jacked up my car on the passenger side. i rotated the wheel and i listened to the clunk. it was the last metal rod that connect to the engine block.. what is it? is it the engine mount? is it broken? if possible i wanna find out myself, is it easy?

imported_loudsubz

sounds the cv joint.. gotta get it repaired or buy a new axle.

thedirty

a new axle? is that expensive?

bbarbulo

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Ya, buy a new CV joint... best to do both sides at once. Not really easy... kinda tough and kinda expensive.

thedirty

ahhh expensive? but can i do it myself? how much forthe cv joint?

bbarbulo

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Usually between $180-220 a side I think... been a while since I did one.

thedirty

damn man.. fucken expensive

bbarbulo

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your car has given you (or someone else) 7 years of faithful service, time to pay it back bitch j/k It's not all take take take.... gotta give back once in a while.

thedirty

so its better to get both sides changed??

bbarbulo

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If one went, odds are the other isn't exactly in mint shape... I mean, one side goes before the other since most turns ppl make are actually right hand turns.. so one side takes more abuse. However, the other still gets worn. Check the boots first, see if that one side cracked, if so, and the other is okay, then you may take the chance cuz the failure was prolly due to lack of grease. IF the boot seems fine on both, then replace both since the wear was prolly due to stress.

thedirty

nah man it was the boot... i gotta change the boot and cv joint on that side

bbarbulo

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So the boot went and it spit out all the grease.... right? Then you can just replace that side only and should be okay. Sometimes extremely lowered cars have CV joint alignment problems that lead to premature failure in both sides.

thedirty

nah mine aint lowered that much... so i gotta change the cv boot and cv joint? you got any how to's on this?

thedirty

i doubt its the axles... i guess i just gotta find a good deal on the cvjoints and boots and get the guy who sold me the car to do it.

thedirty

is it possible its just the cv boot? it stoppeds knockin when i hit the gas and it stops also when i press on the brakes.. even brakin just to slow down it disappears

Baby Blue Ricer

If you don't know whats a CV joint and boot I wouldn't recommend you doing this your self.

imported_dented dx

i tried to do one side and not the other, and i was back at the mechanic a month later getting the other one fixed. Murphy's law man. it'll **** you in the end

thedirty

i know what they are... but my friend said it could be just the joint is not gettin grease

imported_Cablerat

i've replaced cv joints in my drive way b4..

disconnect the lower control arm from the rotor assembly,.
tilt the rotor up so the cv joint comes out of the rotor..
pull the joint out of the tranny.

put the new one in.. might not fit easy.. might need to hammer it a little.

Just pay attention to how your taking it out.. goes in the same way..

process is easy, but taking off bolts that haven't moved in years and years can be a pain.. couple of wrenches, a pipe for extension and maybe a blow torch and yer set! heheh

your better off just gettin it done professionally unless your that broke.. cuz cv joints cost like $100 to buy anyways..