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by **celica_tommo** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 5:26 pm

probably not... they could affect your ability to turn the wheels if they are real bad

I know that they note down the condition of the cv joint boots just for your own information

by **Girvs** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 6:09 pm

I think if the CV joint is yes,

From my experience, I had problems when I owned my Subaru, after driving the car for appoximately 200Km, the CV joint must have been affected by the temperature of constant driving, as a result the steering wheel started shuddering and the car would pull to the right, it seemed fine if you had your foot on the brake or the accelerator. After about 250Km of constant travelling, it started getting pretty violent to the point it was hard to keep the steering wheel straight, if I waited 15 mins for it to cool down it got better...but like anything this got progressively worse. I eventually got it into a garage (after thinking there must have been a fault around the wheel somewhere like the alignment or something, (just the way it yanked to the left and not to the right). The CV boots were fine, but the joint was screwed (something the garage didn't pick up on after they re-packed the right joint, when it turned out the left one was the one that was rooted)
I wouldn't recommend that you let it go, fix it sooner rather than later, if you drove my car the usual one handed driving style you probably would have found yourself in the right hand lane due to how much pull it seemed to have at times.

The plan was to make it part of the WOF testing at some point in time, so that you could not drive around with a bung CV joint or boot (that was about 2 years ago I got told about it), but I don't know if any steps have been taken towards it yet, and I haven't had any CV joints in my Toyota in that time, personal opinion would be to get it replaced, saves hassle in the long run, even if it passes the warrant

by **Ae92typeX** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 6:38 pm

My levin I sold about 4 months ago had bad cv's for about 3 years. Never had an issue at the testing station & I always went there.
Mine were never really loud & I made sure the boots were ok etc, but yea...best to replace really

by **celica_tommo** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 7:04 pm

possibly not something they would pick up on very easily

by **NZ_AE86** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 1:46 pm

Does not affect WOF, CV's are not a WOF item, your car cannot fail for them.

by **gdsup** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 7:56 pm

as above unless your boots are split and they throw grease on the brakes, not many places will fail on this, but they are allowed too

by **evil_si** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 12:34 am

you wont fail on either cv's or boots,

by **Leon** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 11:15 am

if you are replacing CV's, I have just blown up two brand new CV's purchased from BNT. One lasted 100km, the replacement lasted 160km

I'll be getting my money back, and buying CV's somewhere else.

by **NZ_AE86** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 7:19 pm

Can anybody say Ruff? :lol:

by **Leon** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 7:21 pm

can anyone say "quality control"?

by **WeirdGTi16** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 10:17 pm

CV or constant velocity joints are a WOF requirement and yes you can be failed for a noisey / faulty joint :!:

Strictly speaking a split boot will not fail you but a good testing station / garage will note it on the wof sheet as this will lead to the ingress of dirt & water (as well as lose of grease) causing joint to fail in future :!:

WOF's are after all a safety check to keep you and other users on the road Safe whan driving

by **celica_tommo** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 11:55 pm

anybody wish to clarify this?... got some differing opinions here

by **Ae92typeX** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 1:05 am

The cv's were noisy on my levin for approx 6 wof's and were noted on the sheet. I never got failed. I always went to a VTNZ station also.

by **NZ_AE86** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 8:43 am

WeirdGTi16 wrote:CV or constant velocity joints are a WOF requirement and yes you can be failed for a noisey / faulty joint Strictly speaking a split boot will not fail you but a good testing station / garage will note it on the wof sheet as this will lead to the ingress of dirt & water (as well as lose of grease) causing joint to fail in future
WOF's are after all a safety check to keep you and other users on the road Safe whan driving

Hey dude, Truth is you cannot fail a car for a split boot or for any nosie comming from a CV joint. Not sure where you got this info but if you want to come into work and I will show the Vehicle Inspection Requirment Manual (VIRM).

by **WeirdGTi16** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 9:18 pm

hey "Dude"

Information comes from working as a Mechanic on the shop floor for 10 years & a further 10 years in the Automotive Industry as a Parts Technical Product Specialist:!: :twisted:

Suggest you have alook in your "VIRM" section 10-2 Hubs & Axles.
As others have pointed out this is grey area and can go largely undetected. But if CV's are worn badly enough to effect steering or drive to front wheels they become a safety / vehicle fitness Issue !

Website · by **89fxgt** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 12:56 pm

the first time i took my car for a WOF everything was fine except the left cv boot was split. instant fail and i had to get it replaced.

by **shaggz** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 2:50 pm

cv joints are a wof checklist item however boots are no longer as of a few years ago thats according to the ltsa station were i last got my wof in new plymouth

by **NZ_AE86** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 7:36 pm

WeirdGTi16 wrote:hey "Dude"
Information comes from working as a Mechanic on the shop floor for 10 years & a further 10 years in the Automotive Industry as a Parts Technical Product Specialist:!:
Suggest you have alook in your "VIRM" section 10-2 Hubs & Axles.
As others have pointed out this is grey area and can go largely undetected. But if CV's are worn badly enough to effect steering or drive to front wheels they become a safety / vehicle fitness Issue !

Well, still not sure where you got this info because as anyone can see, by checking you quoted VIRM section 10-2: http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/publications/vir-manual/general/2-1a-tyres-wheels-hubs.pdf CV joints are not mentioned. :twisted:

As for your quoting about CV's being worn enough to effect drive to the front wheels, a car that cannot drive the wheels will not be driving in for a WOF as it will turn up on a towtruck! :roll:

I am not trying to cause an argument but the 'link' shows the facts. CV joints are not a WOF item. :!:

by **Lloyd** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 7:41 pm

Just saw one failed today....

Dont usually fail for them, but this was so $&#$% loud it wasn't funny.

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