cv joints ???

[trickydicky]

can anybody tell me the simptoms of worn cv joints? i have a rumbling under load or around certain corners you can feel it through the brakes i am sure its not from the back ,or the props thats all new.

[V8MoneyPit]

Worn CV's will generally 'click' when you go round corners. This is because the balls run in grooves and the majority of the wear will be in the straight ahead position. Then, when you go round a corner, the balls run up and down the grooves and click as they pass the worn part. Over simplified, but basically what happens.

A rumble is more likely to be a wheel bearing I would think.

[trickydicky]

i have tried bearing,diff (spear),prop,breaks. but i thought i would ask somebody before spending anymore.

[Range Rover Blues]

If it's coming up throught he brake pedal I's be suspicious of the wheel bearings too.  It costs nothing to check them.

[trickydicky]

how do i check them it passed its mot 4 days ago i thought they would have picked that up. they were changed last year do you think going off road may have got water in them and rosted a couple up?

[Range Rover Blues]

Yeap, if you've been through water then join the club.  They won't be loose for the purposes of the MOT but the chrome plated surface will be long gone and they run rough as a badger's armpit.  You might feel how rough just be jacking up a wheel and spinning it.

[trickydicky]

all 4 wheels feel smooth when spun can you think of anything else?         thanks hopefuly richard

[Range Rover Blues]

Checked the diff oil :-k

IIRC you have a rumbling, worst on corners that you can feel through the brake pedal.  It's definitely in the hubs, or it's 2 different problems.

[Mark_Solesbury]

Loose caliper? - Check the two bolds that hold the calliper to the swivel housing.

Warped Disk? - jack it up and spin it look at a static part (Mud Shield if its there) and watch the gap - i doubt its this, but worth a check.

Swivel Pins? - jack it up get someone to shake the wheel left right up down. I feel for play between the rubber seal of the oil seal and the chrome ball.

[V8MoneyPit]

Or could it be a knackered panhard rod bush so it goes metal to metal on cornering? But I would have expected the MOT to pick this up.

[trickydicky]

it dousnt seem to be any of those things. i reasently changed both ends of the axle and the diff to disco hubs the problem was better but still there thats why i thought it may be the cv joints as it was a second hand axle. also its had a new prop.