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bad cv?
Tuesday, August 01, 2006 3:45 PM
okay since doing my air one wheel has just seemed out of wack. and today turning into a parking lot the car didnt seem to want to turn it wanted to keep going straight, or shall i say it wasnt turning as much as i wanted. it wasnt understeer, i wasnt going fast enough for the tires to be losing grip. well i set the car up on jackstands today when i got home. and pushed on the drivers side wheel. and i could literally move it 6" or so and i could see the cv joint sliding in. i did this on the passenger side and it wouldnt move at all. it wasnt the suspention moving up. it was like moving the wheel giving it major camber adjustment, as in the top of the wheel moved in and kinda forward when i pushed it. i dont think this is normal. i looked at the cv and everything appears good. the boot isnt ripped or torn, no extra grease is on it or around it. i just dont think this is normal and want to get some opinions before i start tearing into it. i have a photoshoot for the car in two weeks and i allready have two weeks worth of work getting the trunk finished. any help would be appreciated.


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Re: bad cv?
Tuesday, August 01, 2006 9:34 PM
that's wheel bearing or ball joint, not CV joint

if you had a bad CV joint, you'd hear clicking going around turns



Re: bad cv?
Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:49 PM
Double check all the bolts.



Re: bad cv?
Wednesday, August 02, 2006 4:23 AM
all the bolts are good.


sunfirepower, care to elaborate on the wheel bearings/ball joint. thats the connection where the cv attaches to the wheel correct?


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Re: bad cv?
Wednesday, August 02, 2006 9:52 PM
the wheel bearing is what the hub (the round part with the five wheel studs) is in, the axle goes through it. the ball joint is at the bottomw of the spindle, on the lower control arm (lower control arm is the part that come from the frame out to the wheel on the very bottom)



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