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Old 02-21-2011, 12:46 PM
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If I break a CV joint in one of my axles will my car continue to drive okay? enough to get me back and forth from work one more day(60 miles).

Heard a loud snap as I rounded a corner on a slushy road, but I continued to move so I kept going until I got home. Now I've got to get to work... little worried it's going to leave me sit somewhere
 
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Old 02-21-2011, 12:50 PM
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if one axle stops, they all do. the diffs send all the power to the broken axle
 
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Old 02-21-2011, 01:26 PM
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If it hasn't broken completely but you suspect it will DON'T drive it. Best case scenario it leaves you stranded but if it goes out at a high rate of speed ugly things can happen.
 
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Old 02-21-2011, 01:56 PM
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Thats pretty much what I thought... funny thing is, it sounds fine. No noises and even no vibrations or anything. I drove it to work and it seems like everything is okay. Putting it on the lift tomorrow and see what the heck happened. Weird.
 
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Old 02-21-2011, 02:25 PM
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Yeah if you broke it, it wouldn't move... Unless you have a convoy behind you and then 12 guys pushing it uphill into a parking lot
 

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Old 02-21-2011, 03:02 PM
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Where did you hear the sound, front or fear? If it was rear, inspect your coil springs - they're known to break down at the bottom where they sit on the spring perches.
 
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Old 02-21-2011, 03:47 PM
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I thought I felt it through the whole car. I have suspected my front front driveshaft because I've heard a very faint clicking from there once and a while (but it's been quiet for the past month or so).

Definately not a rear spring as I just replaced those last fall. Thanks for all the suggestions.
 
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Old 02-22-2011, 02:10 PM
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Here's a pic of my CV joint I suspect caused my noise. I found the smaller boot clamp had broke at some point but it didn't look like there was any grease coming out of it. I don't see any broken pieces inside yet, but there is some play in the joint in a twisting motion. There wasn't as much grease as I thought there should be, but it wasn't dry either.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEYpc-kdaRw

Anyone think the inner part of the joint could have "slipped" on the splines of the shaft?
 
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