possible cv joint woes

[bugtastic]

driving home last night and i start to get a strange sort of clonking noise from the rear near side it doesnt do it under load its when you are slowing down or turning it goes away when you brake or accelarate help ive not got a clue what it is thanks

[CovKid]

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[bugtastic]

thanks for the info i will give them a check over the weekend

[bugtastic]

this is getting weird i took it down to see a mechanic yesterday and the noise had gone. he put it up on the ramps and couldnt find any thing oh well i will just nead to run it till it starts again or somthing brakes

[CovKid]

Its because any remaining grease in the joints gets temporarily displaced, shutting them up. Chances are they just need pumping full of fresh grease and they'll last a good while yet.

[armyphil]

I stripped and cleaned mine today, took an afternoon and a litre of White spirit and a toothbrush mine didn't have any noticeable noise or play I did it for piece of mind.

To be honest if anything gets you out the house for a bit chilling. Eventually I'll replace them all but like I said piece of mind and a couple of hours work got to be worth it!!

[bugtastic]

well i pumped in some fresh greece tonight im off on a run up to st andrews at the weekend so i will see how i get on
thanks for all the replies

[bugtastic]

we drove up to st andrews and back with no problems at all it was about a 110 mile round trip looks like thats it sorted fab

[CovKid]

It may only be temporary, be aware of that. You may well have to bite the bullet at some point and fit new joints to that particular shaft.