There is an article on the Volkscafe website about CV joint maintenance
and diagnosis that  should answer the questions about which noises mean
failed CV joints and how to repair them.

Included in the article is a diagram that shows how to rotate the joints
to alter the pattern of wear in what I interpret to be the same manner
described earlier by Dennis Haynes.  Also has a diagram of what will not
alter the pattern of wear.

The link is:    http://volkscafe.com/main.jsp?pa=ip&ip=1150562894

There are several long threads about how to do this rotation in the
archives.

Sam

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