RCV also offers CV joint shafts for some solid axle applications, and RCV says that they eliminate U-joint binding and they’re tested to be twice as strong as original equipment axles. More info ...

Your CV joint has failed. ... Replacing a front-wheel-drive axle is straightforward, ... Use a big pry bar to drop the ball joint far enough to allow the suspension to clear the spindle shaft.

The CV axle (or the Constant-Velocity joint) is critical to any vehicle's front driveline. Of course, we all know the engine burns fuel to produce power, and the transmission sends the engine's ...

Birfield joints are a type of CV joint sometimes found in 4WD front axles. As we happily cruise down the highway at 70 mph, a driveshaft is spinning and spinning and spinning.

Front-wheel vehicles, many all-wheel vehicles and some rear-wheel vehicles have constant-velocity joints, also known as CV joints, that connect the transmission to the drive axles and wheels.

Front-wheel-drive vehicles have a rubber covering over the CV joint known as a CV boot. If the boot tears, debris from the road gets into the joint and damages both the CV joint and the half shaft.

Front-wheel drive cars use CV axles consisting of an inner CV joint, axle shaft and outer joint to deliver power from the transmission. When the vehicle hits a bump in the road, the suspension ...

Knox highlights the front CV joints and axles as the most common failure points. He suggests you use as little steering as possible over rough surfaces, so as not to add any stress to the components.

Some 2007-08 Mitsubishi Outlander trucks may emit a clicking sound from the front while being driven at slow speeds or while turning. Mitsubishi says the noise is most noticeable in temperatures below ...

My Nissan X-Trail makes a juddering sound from the front drive shafts and a knocking, vibrating sound when taking off or on a hill. When I disconnect the front drive shafts and use 4WD, the noise ...