JHZR2
Staff member
This is my 82 300CD. Original boots were cracked and starting to tear, and stupidly I had a mechanic replace the shafts with what I thought were OE when I first got the car, verging on a decade ago now. I'm not so sure since they're rusted, when this car has never seen snow and salt let alone hardly any rain.
The right side has significant vertical play and makes a clanging sound. The left side has none. Both sides have about the same movement when trying to get them to go in and out of the differential/hub.
Does this mean a shot cv? Or does the vertical play point to something else in the hub? A rear bearing perhaps?
Car drives beautifully, though there is a bit of a clang in the rear occasionally (the sound I recorded), and there is a droning sound from the rear that is observable at around 40 and gone around 65. I think I saw metal in the diff, but I think perhaps it's related to this.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
The right side has significant vertical play and makes a clanging sound. The left side has none. Both sides have about the same movement when trying to get them to go in and out of the differential/hub.
Does this mean a shot cv? Or does the vertical play point to something else in the hub? A rear bearing perhaps?
Car drives beautifully, though there is a bit of a clang in the rear occasionally (the sound I recorded), and there is a droning sound from the rear that is observable at around 40 and gone around 65. I think I saw metal in the diff, but I think perhaps it's related to this.
Thoughts?
Thanks!