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Old 05-09-2019, 02:00 PM   #6
itsnotanova
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Originally Posted by steved0x View Post
I wondered the same thing, how to tell if the joint was still good, and the way I tested it was to hold the axle in one had, and the joint in the other had, and twist the joint to move the axle. If the axle moves right away, and there is no clicking/play from when you rotate the joint and when you feel the force in the axle, then I believe you are all good. I tried this throughout a couple of positions of CV joint extension with relation to the axle.
This is how I test them. Most axles I come across are in good shape. Specially the S axles because they have much larger CV joints.
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