driveshaft question
Hello
For a few months now I have had a knock/clunk when coming on and off the clutch and on /off the accelerator, but only at low speeds And then today when going round a roundabout I heard a noise, that I hadn't heard before Is this likely a failing driveshaft? I was going to take it to the local mechanic but I'd rather save wasting time and work it out myself if I can. I've had the car on my ramps already and I couldn't see anything obviously loose |
sounds like it might be your CV joint. Test if it makes the same noise going round a left hand bend. If not, it could be your left CV joint!
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The knock when coming off the clutch may be the top engine mount allowing the engine to rock back & forth.
CV joints usually give a sort of clicking sound on full lock. |
There are two CV joints per driveshaft[an inner and outer obviously]the usual test for the outer is to drive slowly round in a circle on full lock-do this in both directions and repeat in reverse-and listen for a clicking sound.For the inners you need to be under the car,grab hold of the shaft as near the inner joint as you can and try for any up/down and fore/aft movement in the joint.
You don't say what kind of noise it made that you'd not heard before? my first thought[which could be well off]is that if nothing underneath is obviously loose or broken check the engine/gearbox mounts easiest to check is as has been stated by volvo again the mount that bolts to the top of the engine and is braced to the bulkhead. |
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