I had a clunk in the rear of the car and I think this is why... Check out what a BAD (but not completely broken) CV joint looks like.

Major spalling on multiple tracks:

Look how loose this joint is! (It should not have this much travel, it is almost falling apart!)

why are your hands still clean???

I found those kind of gouges in one of mine when I was putting my car back together after a motor rebuild. It never made any noises but I swapped it out with a better one I had on a parts car.

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Sep 15 2005, 06:15 PM)

why are your hands still clean???

Wash hands before using camera... Helps keep the pics from looking like SirAndy took them...

Actually I cleaned those out a week ago so my hands have had time to recover.

Heck, all I do is shatter the ring.

itsy bitsy crack.. and bam....

the galling isn't that bad, ran worse with no noticable effects, however the second photo of the cage nearly falling out indicates lots of wear and too much clearance!!! yeh gads, that looks bad, good thing you caught it before it went.

Why washhands?, latex gloves are great for CV cleaning / packing etc....

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Sep 15 2005, 10:15 PM)

why are your hands still clean???

Why?

HOW?


M

dmenche - I use nitrile gloves for everything. But I always manage to get greasy somehow. I was amazed at the slop in the joint. It was the first one I tore down so initially I thought it was "normal". Then I compared it to a good CV. WOW.