Drive Shaft Knocking...I think.

[haydn71]

Hi,

Yesterday a knocking noise developed when driving our van. When the clutch is depressed it stops and is worse under load. We've experienced this before but not for a couple of years. I've read various threads and it seems to be the drive shaft. So, I have a question:

When I move the nearside driveshaft from side to side, all seems well, a nice spongy feel and no unexpected noises. Nicely cushioned if you will. Now, when I do the same to the other one, there's a knocking sound at the wheel end, as though the drive shaft is striking against something. Can I presume that they should both be like the nearside one and that something is amiss on t'other?

Any advice or confirmation would be gratefully received.

Thanks,
Haydn

[Mocki]

Undo the boots at the thin end and pump some new grease in, they may well be good for another several thousand miles , BUT get the nessasary spares in to do THE job in the mean time

[Sir Brixalot]

As Mocki says. One of mine was knocking, I just squeezed the boot to move the grease around and got a spare cv joint just in case. Handy when a completely different CV joint failed.

[what2do]

May repack mine when I swap the engine, what type of grease? Thanks.

[haydn71]

Thanks for the replies.

We'll try just that and see how we get on.

cheers,

Haydn

[multisi]

Check the bolts first, are they tight ?

[haydn71]

They appeared to be but I'd need to jack the van up to double-check