bad CV joint?
 

when I turn sharply to the left I hear clunking from the front left and I can feel it.

99% sure it's my CV joint since another vehicle I had sounded the same and the axle broke.

how much does it cost approx to get it fixed?

damnit Tcoat I know you know

Uh.......
You mean rear left?
Cause.................. Never mind just trust me on this.


I'm about 65% it's your axle nut coming a bit lose. Torque it down again if the problem goes away your set. If it comes back replace with a new nut.

If you cv joint was jacked. You'll know by the grease splattered on your wheel wells.

But...... You won't know till you lift your car up and look. Come on bro, do you even lift(your car)?

Now you need to know I knew you'd know I knew.

If youre talking about the corolla and not the brz then just turn the wheel sharp and hit the gas if its clicking then its 99% the cv axel. I went through about one every 3 months back in highschool LOL.

What were you doing with your car ......... some sort of "Dukes of Hazard" thing .....??

:D


humfrz

Yes, I've picked blackberries in Georgia ...... wanna hear the story ..... :)

lol im sure ima hear it regardless. Im about 30 minutes or so away from one of the biggest black berry plants in georgia...

Dont judge me...

I forgot to mention it's my Corolla, not the brz lol.

damnit. yeah I had the same sound from my Mazda 626. I ignored it for a day then one day the axle broke during rush hour traffic lol.

how much do you think it would cost to fix a cv joint? I'm guessing parts and labour would be about $500?

not a chance my friend. its a 2010 corolla big dog. my 03 tiburon was around 100-150$ for cv axle and 100-150$ to get it changed. Under 300$ easy if you do this. No idea where u are but heres what i suggest. Find you a good ole boy shop. The one with the really old guys chilling in the shop decks in chairs with one young guy (this guy is usually a grandson or family friend and does all the manual labor) usually helps if the young guy has a fat wad of dip in and the old guys are smokin a cig. Roll the window down you dont even need gps to find the shop you need. Keep an ear out for song "The Ride" by david allan coe. Find this shop and ur set.

-get your axle from autozone they have a lifetime warranty or something stupid like that so next time it fails or starts clicking just throw it at them and get a new one for free. It pays for itself within a few years.

If you decide to do it my way. heres how to find the shop...
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdqpsBjZpL4"]the last ride - YouTube[/ame]
@humfrz figured u would enjoy this read

Well you should stated that from the get go.
Corolla eh?

Well, if you take it to a dealer yeah your looking about $500.
Any other shop would do that for about $300.

If you have tools and a place to work at you could do it yourself for $150 depending where you get your axles. YouTube it. It's not that hard. Lift car drain tranny, take wheel off, brake axle nut off, have a meltdown trying to get it off along with the axle. That's pretty much it.

You can save even more if you get them rebuilt from a tranny/axle shop for about $100 or less. That if you take the axle to them.

Well that changes everything then now doesn't it!!!!

This^^^^

Canada EH. Gonna be at least double what you would pay there. Even at a good ol boy shop.

just called a mechanic and they'll get back to me. if it's expensive i'm just gonna buy this https://www.amazon.ca/Cardone-Select...ywords=66-5228 and figure it out

or buy a Tesla P100D

Not something I have ever tackled so not sure hard it would be to do. Pretty sure that at this point in time it is something I personally would just pay for though.

yeah i'm gonna pay to get someone to do it. it's $328.50.

by the time i get the tools i need for it and all the headache and swearing i'd go through, it's not worth it lol.

I agree! At least now I know that you were serious and just didn't specify which car. Thought you were trolling with that first post of a front CV joint in a RWD car.

I've done this on my own car. 328.50 is not bad considering that its about a 1-3 hour job for a backyard mechanic (1 hour if you've done it before, 3 if you have not).

Hardest parts were breaking the axle free from the diff (no, you do not have to drain it). And, for me, getting the axle seated back in the diff. I later learned this is quite easy with a 4lb hammer (from Scotty Kilmer). You can see the whole process below.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH98nX8fb6M"]Replacing A Broken CV Axle On Your Car - YouTube[/ame]

Wait wait wait wait.... CANADA!? you say! I am no veterinarian! I thought were were talking about cars... not a 6 year old moose named Corolla.... I didn't even know those things had cv joints? poor moose.... legs all clicking and jacked up...

:laughabove::laughabove::laughabove::laughabove:

its my understanding you have to have special tools to do a cv axle but i have never done one myself...

thats not a bad price at all. I was pretty dang close with $300. just make sure the thing has a lifetime warranty.

if this was the Price is Right, you would have a pretty good chance of winning!

No special tools needed outside what a backyard mechanic would already have.

A jack, wheel chocks and jack stands or acess to a lift. Gotta get the wheel off the ground safely.

A pin/punch to de-crimp the OEM axle nut (or a smaller flathead screwdriver if you don't mind pounding on your tools).

A big socket for the nut itself (don't recall the size, but could look it up),

A breaker/cheater bar to get enough leverage to break the nut free.

A medium length pry bar, to remove the axle from the diff.

A torque wrench to properly re-torque your bolts

A metric wrench and socket set (I think 10, 12, and 14 mms are needed)

A new axle nut or you could re-use the one you just took off. I replaced mine as it cost like 8 bucks. PN# SU003-02864

A Big Heavy Hammer to tap the axle back into the diff.

Axle grease

Time, and shower afterwards cause you'll probably get dirty.

Agreed. :)

Ya, must be a Prairie price. Be an easy $500-$600 bill around here.

your housing is also 1000x more than here

But we have way better beaches!
http://www.bluewatertourism.com/imag...ch-girl3-B.jpg

are you trying to tell us something with that rainbow umbrella?

LOL Not my rainbow umbrella. Kind of telling you caught that instead of the bikini in the foreground though.

Oh and now my cat is pissed at you for making me laugh so hard right out of nowhere.