Bowtie Blazer
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• Baton Rouge, LA, USA |
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• Registered on 5/27/2003 |
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 Posted:12/29/2003 00:13 |
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What makes bad CV joints most noticable on a FWD vehicle. I have a car in suspecsion that I am checking out. Slightly creeks at a stop turning full lock to full lock on the steering wheel. At slow speeds makes a humming noise, almost like tires rubbing, which turns to Vibs at 20-55 interstate speeds the humming and vibrations level out to a ziiiiiiiiing. I crawled under and grabed each CV shaft and they had noticable play in and out of the wheel in park and some up and down play, If i remember right CV's are much like u-joints and should be fairly stiff and greased...... Mileage on the car is 93,000. 
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schmuck
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• nola, XX, USA |
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• Registered on 5/21/2003 |
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Posted:12/29/2003 00:18 |
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what kind of car? there should be a little play in and out but very little does it click around turns
nucking futs
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Bowtie Blazer
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• Baton Rouge, LA, USA |
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Posted:12/29/2003 00:30 |
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626 nope but the noise fades in and out in turns
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schmuck
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• nola, XX, USA |
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Posted:12/29/2003 01:03 |
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is it leaking fluid? id get it up off the ground with the wheels hanging free and strart pulling on steering parts and suspension parts maybe even put it in gear and watch to see what is going on creecking from lock to lock ive found before to be bad bushings or a bad rack and pinion
nucking futs
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David Cox
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• Metairie, LA, USA |
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• Registered on 9/24/2003 |
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 Posted:12/29/2003 06:27 |
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The slight creek at stop turning lock to lock could be the strut mounts.On the right hand side CV shaft if I remember right has a bearing holding part of the shaft which is housed in a bracket that is attached to the motor. Also one of the bearings could be bad,that is the non serviceable axle bearing.Try this , drive it down a street with lots of cars on each side and see if you can at least condemn it to one side.I have done this before ,if you can,t do that, get it on jack stands and get the mechanics stethoscope and try to pin point noise.You may have to have some help on this one.With car on jackstands, hold one of the tires by hand and have person inside put in drive or let off the clutch.By holding one of the tires ,it will let the other one spin.See if this isolates the noise.
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Bowtie Blazer
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• Baton Rouge, LA, USA |
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• Registered on 5/27/2003 |
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Posted:12/29/2003 07:47 |
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AUto, we have a rain out today anyway
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Swampy
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• New Orleans, LA, USA |
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• Registered on 5/14/2003 |
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LOCKED UP
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• Baton Rouge, LA, USA |
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• Registered on 9/29/2001 |
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John Robert Miller
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• Baton Rouge, LA, USA |
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• Registered on 12/21/2002 |
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Posted:12/29/2003 15:27 |
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Put a solid axle in it. |
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schmuck
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• nola, XX, USA |
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• Registered on 5/21/2003 |
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Posted:12/29/2003 17:52 |
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who the hell has a 626 but i thought he said honda not mazda
nucking futs
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