CV joint / axle movement in and out...how much?, Got a Clunk-clunk-Clunk going on back there... Options

[MikeInMunich]

...when going slow AND turning left. Otherwise not at all. Clunks, 3 or 4, from the driver’s side, rear. Sounds as if something like the heat exchanger was resting on the trailer arm and then bounced when going over a bump. I KNOW this is not the sound and that it’s not possible. Just describing!

So, is there something up with my rear wheel bearing?i just changed out the CV joint bearings! Could it be one is already faulty?!

Interested in your opinions.

Danke!

M.i.M.

[ClayPerrine]

I lost a CV joint leaving a traffic light years ago. The joint hit the shift arm. I rolled off the side of the road, and sat there for a while letting it cool down. Once it cooled enough, I crawled under it and screwed the bolts back in finger tight. I was fairly close to home, so I drove it back to the house. The bent shift rod only allowed me to get second and third. So I stayed off the freeway and took it slow.

Just another waypoint Betty and I use for navigation now. "Do you remember the intersection where I had the CV joint come loose?" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)