Cv joints

[callum]

Hey my ae92 is making a clicking noise which I'm 90% sure is from my passengers side cv joint. My question is do the inner cv joints ever wear out? I've only ever replaced thE outer ones before. I just wanT to make sure I'm replacing the right part before I start. Is there any test you can do to check them?

Cheers

[deaf_rattle]

the inner ones hardly ever flog out, there is heaps less stress on them.
best to replace now otherwise you will find out how cool a no wheel drive car is.

Fortunately for me when it happened to me i was only 500metres down the road from home.

[Lloyd]

Usually outers, sometimes inners. Sometimes cheaper/easier just to buy a second hand halfshaft from the wreckers and throw the complete thing in

[allencr]

Hey my ae92 is making a clicking noise which I'm 90% sure is from my passengers side cv joint.

Try driving in a circle 2 or 3 times, full lock left & right, forward & reverse, slowly. If the boots are OK, they'll survive, if they don't, they were ready to go anyway.
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It stops my noise for months, been doing it for years.
Noisy/worn CV's are any annoyance, not a mechanical problem that must be fixed or that will be more expensive to fix later, or something that will fail & make the car un-driveable.
I don't see an immediate need to replace them for a little noise. It's only embarrassing, not fatal.

[sergei]

I had a CV spectacularly fail, completely loosing drive on a traffic light. That was Nissan Bluebird but anyway sometimes they do fail, and when they do you are at best immobile, at worst have some collateral damage in your engine bay.

[RS13]

My laser has had clicking CVs for the last 10,000km approx, hasn't got worse that I've noticed. A CV joint can be quite cheap, only takes a couple of hours to change a side.

Getting a secondhand driveshaft may be a cheaper option but you never know what you're getting, they may be just as worn as what you've got.

[tsoob]

My laser has had clicking CVs for the last 10,000km approx, hasn't got worse that I've noticed. A CV joint can be quite cheap, only takes a couple of hours to change a side.

Getting a secondhand driveshaft may be a cheaper option but you never know what you're getting, they may be just as worn as what you've got.

couple of HOURS??

need more tools man

[RS13]

My laser has had clicking CVs for the last 10,000km approx, hasn't got worse that I've noticed. A CV joint can be quite cheap, only takes a couple of hours to change a side.

Getting a secondhand driveshaft may be a cheaper option but you never know what you're getting, they may be just as worn as what you've got.

couple of HOURS??

need more tools man

Haha, I was thinking more for him. Normally takes me an hour a side if everything goes smoothly, but with the odd seized bolt or CV stuck on the driveshaft I've had it take a couple of hours before.. and yes, I do need more tools, you should see the mongrel collection I have in the garage at home! lol.