What's causing this knocking!

[gazza_no7]

Anyone know what's causing this. When I go around corners the front end knocks very fast and its got worse over the last two days. Sounds like some metal is snapping. As you can see in the video the front wheel give a big twitch when getting to full lock. Anyone have a clue what it is?

http://youtu.be/qRkVZDHb8-w

[johnny]

Have you taken the wheel off and checked for anything obvious?

First guess would be a cv joint

What's it sound like if your driving on full lock?

[stanc3w0rks]

Have you taken the wheel off and checked for anything obvious?

First guess would be a cv joint

What's it sound like if your driving on full lock?

Cv joint would be the first thing to come to mind also

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[gazza_no7]

Its a very fast clunking. Really loud too! Had a CV go on the other side and it didn't sound the same as this but not sure...

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[gazza_no7]

Yeah took the wheel off and everything was tight, can't do much as waiting for a phonecalls from hospital as misses is about to pop baby out aha

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[johnny]

Ruling out a cv joint would really only leave the rack as the culprit

A cv joint knock can change massively Deeping on how funked it is

Was the cv boot intact? And if you have a chance pull it back and check there's grease in it, if it's dry it'll clunk like hell so it could just be a ripped boot if your lucky

[gazza_no7]

The end of it was a bit loose so I tightened it back up but the shaft under it had grease on it but I didn't check the rest... Easy to change a drive shaft?

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[johnny]

It's not overly difficult but at the same time it's not just easy either

Basically you dismantle everything on the corner and it'll come out with a good tug, you should find it easy enough since you've probably taken everything off at some stage

[stanc3w0rks]

I have heard cv joints go from a quiet ticking to a horrid banging noise lol

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[gazza_no7]

Might just have to take it to a garage as won't have the time myself

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[gazza_no7]

Is there anyway to pack it full of grease without taking it off?

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[johnny]

Just unclip the boot and pack it in and tighten it back up

[gazza_no7]

Will that get into the CV joint to stop the knocking?

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[johnny]

Yeah it'll make its way in

[gazza_no7]

Nice one will crack on once we are out of hospital

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