Good points, but do CVs fail catastrophically?  From what I've seen, they
just get noisier and noisier for a long time when they need to be
replaced.
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If the bearing cage comes apart inside the CV it pretty much wreaks havoc
on the whole van. It can break the outer drive and lock up an axle.
You're right though ............... it's going to get very noisy before
it fails completely. The main fear would be the vibration it would cause
that could possibly loosen the bolts.

Stan

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