Can anyone clearly explain how this works?  I know of this
test on a front wheel drive car, where you're testing the
outboard CVs, which have a much wider range of motion than
the inboard ones and fail more often.  But on a RWD car, what
happens when you're turning that doesn't happen when you
are going in a straight line?

tabe johnson/87 westy

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Date:    Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:05:13 -0500
From:    John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: CV click??

One way to test to see if CV's have reached their wear limits is to get
into a large empty parking lot, crank the steering all the way to the
stops to the left, then drive slowly around a full circle. If the CV's
are worn they will click or knock, as it were. You will have to drive
the circle both  left and right to get a good confirmation. Be sure to
keep the wheel at the stops. Power steering will protest, but it is the
only way I know to do the test.

If no click/knock, then they are probably OK.

Good Luck,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver