Rear end clunk. Help the NOOB Please!

[DRamos64]

Hey Guys,

Need help with my 99 boxster tiptronic.

I was driving home last night and while turning my car started to make a loud rotational clunking noise. My wife was following me in her car and she could hear the clunk from her car. The clunk is coming from the drivers side rear and slowly increases with speed.

If I accelerate hard, the clunk goes away
The clunk will happen while going strait or turning.
The happens at all speeds.
I dont hear or feel the clunk if I shift the car from drive to reverse while stopped.


From my experiences with other cars, I think this would be a drive shaft/axle shaft. I pulled the wheel off the car this morning and the axle shaft felt a little loose trying to rotate it by hand and was easy to slide back and forth, when comparing it to the passenger side which felt more solid.

Do these CV joints wear out? The pictures I found online show them to be pretty stout pieces and I cant find much about people replacing the joint. Just the rubber boots. How can I tell if the inner our outter CV Joint are bad? There also seems to be a lack of support in finding replacement parts. Any experiences/suggestions are appreciated!!! This car is my DD so I need to get it back on the road fast.

Thanks

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