Re: weird noise from my passenger front wheel

["Casey Webster" <tinfool@home.com>]

To all you who said it was the outer CV joint, I'm 99.9% that is the
problem.
Now very easy to diagnose because all of a sudden it's happening way more
often.  I hear the clunking noise a lot more today.....like 10 or more times
while driving around town tonight.  It's usually happening when I'm going
slow and touch the gas, or let off the gas, most times when I'm in a slight
turn.

Now, my 2nd question is.....how serious is this?  With school, work and all,
I probably won't have time to change it for at least another week or more.
Will I be safe to drive it the way it is, or should I take it into a
mechanic *gasp*

Thanks,
Casey
84 Roc


> writes:
> >Just as the title says, I am getting like a clunking noise, or like
> >something is shifting out of place in the suspension.  Only happens at
> >very
> >slow speeds like when I'm backing out of my driveway or starting from
> >a
> >stoplight, and usually only happens once per drive.
> >
> >Could this be
> >a) tie rod end going bad?
> >b) ball joint?
> >c) outer CV?
> >d) something f***ed in my struts?
> >e) none of the above
>
>
> DAMN, its like another ASE test. I just KNOW its a damn trick
> question....
>
> I pick:
> f) All of the above.
>
> Heres why. Could be ANY of them. Most likely, based solely on your
> description, it sounds like the CV is going. Then again, your no expert
> (or you wouldn't be asking YO.) so it could be any one of those listed.
>
> Best thing to do is rule out the possible culprits.
> jack up the right side, start grabbing and yanking on suspension parts.
> Leave it in gear and jerk the tire foreword and reverse. (HARD) See if
> you can duplicate the sound. Any play you find means it needs attending
> to and even could not even be the noise maker. leave the steering wheel
> locked and try and steer the tire by hand. Then unlock it and turn the
> (by the tire) wheel, lock to lock by hand. You will find it.



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