Over the last couple of months I've noticed a knocking sound from the rear. At first I thought it was coming from the brake...which it kind of was! The new pads were knocking in the calipers. A little grinding and that was that...so I thought.
Turns out there were two knocks. The remaining one only happens when hard cornering right and comes from the near side (so where all the loading is). Whilst investigating the previous knock I found that there is quite a bit of play on the near side driveshaft and the knock which I could prety easily recreate sounds the same. Since then (about a month ago) I've done about 60 miles in it and it now requires even less cornering speed/severity to make it knock. The wheel is solid with no knocking when up on the the jack.
So, I think the CV joint needs replacing....unless anyone thinks any different?!
My questions are: is this a fairly straight forward job? It looks like I can pop the back up on jack stands, remove it and replace the joint. Appreciate there's a little more to it but the clarks garage guide looks straight forward to me. Also, do I need to replace both? The offside seems good and secure.
As ever, your collective wise words would be much appreciated!
Turns out there were two knocks. The remaining one only happens when hard cornering right and comes from the near side (so where all the loading is). Whilst investigating the previous knock I found that there is quite a bit of play on the near side driveshaft and the knock which I could prety easily recreate sounds the same. Since then (about a month ago) I've done about 60 miles in it and it now requires even less cornering speed/severity to make it knock. The wheel is solid with no knocking when up on the the jack.
So, I think the CV joint needs replacing....unless anyone thinks any different?!
My questions are: is this a fairly straight forward job? It looks like I can pop the back up on jack stands, remove it and replace the joint. Appreciate there's a little more to it but the clarks garage guide looks straight forward to me. Also, do I need to replace both? The offside seems good and secure.
As ever, your collective wise words would be much appreciated!