Re: Clicking noise under car. Bad CV joint?

["Allyn" <amalventano1@home.com>]

just to add;
a side-to-side shudder at highway speeds that gets worse while accelerating normally means its an
inner joint, but these dont normally make noise, just vibration.
al

Allyn Malventano, ET1(SS), USN
87 Rieger GTO Scirocco 16v (daily driver, 160k, rocco #6)
87 Jetta 8v Wolfsburg 2dr (daily driver, 260k, 0 rattles :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Mueller" <cm_scirocco@hotmail.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: Clicking noise under car. Bad CV joint?


> Just had this fixed on my 16v a month ago.  Assuming your noise gets faster
> with rpm--'clicking' sound is most likely  the cv joint; a dull, thud kind
> of sound like suv's and trucks with big knobby tires have is more likely the
> wheel bearings.  You should be able to hear the 'clicking' even at almost no
> speed.
>
> cm
> 87 16V
>
>
> >From: Jan Folkson <jfolkson@optonline.net>
> >To: Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com>, scirocco list
> ><scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Subject: Re: Clicking noise under car. Bad CV joint?
> >Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 09:56:35 -0700
> >
> >Hey Julie,
> >
> >Sounds like a wheel bearing other possibilities could be CV joint and I've
> >even experienced the same sound when a belt on my tire went south.
> >
> >
> >- Jan Folkson  http://www.janfolkson.com
> >NYC
> >
> >'86 16V
> >'99 Passat GLS 1.8t
> >'00 Beetle GLX 1.8t
> >
> >"If you're not passing traffic..you ARE traffic"
> >
> >
> >on 7/16/01 5:47 AM, Julie Macfarlane at juliemac57@hotmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > It started yesterday, a clicking noise the seems related to tire
> >rotation.
> > >
> > > The sound seems to be coming from under the brake handle.
> > > It does not change when the steering wheel is turned.
> > > It also does not change when the brakes are applied.
> > >
> > > Could this be a bad inner CV joint?
> > >
> > > Julie (not worried about having a "fast" reputation)
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