MY TEENERS GONE LAME! II an update, Beginning to doubt cv's are the cause Options

[rascobo]

I previously posted in 'My teeners gone lame' that I had a bad cv joint; Now I'm not so sure. I based it on the fact that I could hear and feel a rotational clunking in the rear, but its not like a bad joint so much as one that has come completely free of the stub axle and is slamming around inside the trailing arm. I checked and all joints were tight and neither axle had any play in them. Then I thought I had blown out the wheel bearing(s) as I forgot to tighten the axle nuts before the 1st test drive. I tightened the axle nuts, raised the rear and found no play in the wheels, so I tried driving it again, but still have the loud clunk and jolt on each rotation of the wheels. Before I start tearing everything down, does anyone have any idea as to what might be causing this?[b]

[rascobo]

You haven't heard from me in a while, but right after My last posting I developed a problem in the starting circuit that prevented me from starting the car and moving it inside to work on and also needed to vacation at the hospital for a bit. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)

Good news is I'm out, the car is starting and I found the cause of the drive train noise. Following your advise I raised one side of the car at a time, testing the wheels for play((wheel bearings), The axles for play(c-v joints), spinning each wheel for noise, brake calipers/rotors, trailing arms, etc. I could find nothing amiss, until that is , I noticed out the corner of my eye that while the drivers side wheel and axle were spinning smoothly the inner c-v joint remained stationary. It turns out I do have a broken cage in the joint. Never had one go bad that didn't have sloppy axle play and obvious grinding when turned by hand. Just glad I spotted it. I was getting ready to drop the drive train figuring it had to be in the trans-axle or clutch assembly. Thanks again for all the input! I might just get to a club event this year after all.