CV joint noise?

[vwscir88@hotmail.com (The Hitman)]

you say you replaced the outer, did youcheck the inner joint? thats normally 
the culprit in my experience.
  hit


>From: "Stuart Castledine" <s.castledine@ntlworld.com>
>To: "scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: CV joint noise?
>Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 10:39:30 +0100
>
>I'm getting a light knocking noise while driving. I thought it was the 
>right
>outer CV joint, so I changed it for a 1 year old joint (10K miles, no noise
>problem before) off a spare driveshaft, but the noise came back after a few
>miles. Symptoms are:
>
>Noise is there under acceleration and deceleration, in neutral, clutch in 
>or
>out.
>
>Noise increases on right turns, but is still there when going straight
>ahead.
>
>Noise stops if the brakes are applied - even if I feather the brakes with 
>my
>left foot.
>
>With the car jacked up, there is about 1/4" - 3/8" of free play at the
>circumference of the tyre before I see the drive flange move. The other 
>side
>appears to have neglible play. I checked the brakes as well and the anti
>rattle clips are all there & nothing seems to be loose.
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>Stuart
>'88 GTX
>
>
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