hmmm....

If going fast enough in a circle, the weight shift
(body tipping) would cause the angle of the axle would
change therefore stressing the internal components of
the CV at a different angle?

--- Tabe Johnson <greentabe-vanagon@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
> *** cut here ***
>
> 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
>

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