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Originally Posted by charles5448
Do you guys know a good way to test the motor mount or the CV axle to maybe narrow it down?
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CV boot = jack the car up check the condition of the boots first. look for grease escaping at boots or either end of axle. grab axle twist back and forth feel for clunking or anything that doesn't feel right. Grab wheel twist left and right feel for clunking or anything that doesn't feel right.
Take car to a area where you can go in a tight circle. Circle left, circle right, vary your speed. If it clunks and it varies with the speed probably CV joints.
Motor mount= if your in tune with your car and have a standard trans.
As you let the clutch out in first from a dead stop you can sort of feel the engine roll forward. At least I could with mine. I could sort of feel a softness in how the drive train was transferring torque to the ground on first gear start out.
Sometimes you can feel it in the shift handle or a little thump or nudge at your back when you shift gears.
You can't see it visually unless you remove it. (damn right). But one thing is near certain with the front motor mount. if you car is a 1999 and the motor mount has never been replaced. It is about a 100 % certainty that it is shot. The rubber center on mine was totally gone at 47000 miles.
But if your hearing a sort of stuttering or pulsing sound when cornering like ABS brakes make, then my guess is CV joint.
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