I liked how you took the CV Axle apart to show us. That was really cool! Thank you very much for taking the time that was really educational!

All the years that I've had multiple CV axles go bad I've never seen a video that showed one being disassembled so that I could see the internal damage. Great video.

@wetlettuce4768

6 жыл бұрын

Me too, I was expecting it too look so much worse inside maybe great big chips on the bearing journals and metal fragments mixed in with the grease not just a bit of pitting.

Thank you so much! I was able to change my own cv axle in my Toyota Corolla because of this video and the help of my 15 year old daughter, im a single mother and living on a budget thank you again 💙

Classic music & erudite troubleshooting... makes me realize how much I've missed "Car Talk" & the Magliozzi bros. :-)

Thanks for showing up cleaned version of the damaged CV. Must be the first cleaned one i've seen on youtube.

No snide comments, I like the classical music - keep at it.

@huntergman8338

5 жыл бұрын

"keep your dick in a vice."

@radon360

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Nothing wrong with a little, well-placed Mozart chamber music.

@camberwellcarrot420

4 жыл бұрын

Eine kleine Nachtmusik

I remember when mineral spirits for a 55 gallon was less than 50 buck's. Last time which was about 7 years ago it was over 300.00. With all the overhead of ownership of a garage I don't know how you stay in business today. And as you get older or any health issues has to be really extra hard. Kudos to you Eric. Around here most are going under because of the cost of doing business. Just what the car manufacturers want to. Make you go to a dealership. Just like your carb on your chainsaw. A few gaskets which don't even include the whole rebuild kit like they did 30 years ago was less than 3 buck's it's cheaper to buy the whole thing on eBay like you did. Buy it from dealership my as well buy a new saw. I used to be a small engine dealership years 30 years ago and a diy guy back then. Did car repairs till it just was not worth it anymore even back then. I saw the handwriting on the wall back there even. We just becoming a throw away economy now. It will bite us all in a few years .

@chukob5

4 жыл бұрын

Honest trustworthy mechanics will never lose business.... old cars will never get newer there will always be something to work on

@realcygnus

4 жыл бұрын

True story, I once paid $27 for a regular bolt like 5/8 x 2in(albeit "case hardened"), it was for an early 90's Buick caliper housing. Actually I would have NEVER done it, it was for my cuz & he was in a hurry & believes in "the right one"(lol). It couldn't have cost over a dollar to manufacture. What they get away with is something else, they might as well just have added another zero, seemed to me like it should have been front page news. F'n Dealers !

@keithstudly6071

4 жыл бұрын

I always worry about Eric because he spends so much time doing things he will make little or no money on.

@oatym850

2 жыл бұрын

It's now 2022 and Arthur's predictions have come true. I just waited 24 days for a genuine Honda power steering reservoir which is basically a little plastic bottle with a couple of barbed connectors. The handwriting was on the wall for a very long time but denial and a refusal to do anything about it have caught up to us. I hope all independent mechanics find a way to not only survive but thrive in this cowardly new world.

Dirty grease, salty melting snow and a little Mozart! Bravoooo!!!

@ChrisLesmerises

3 жыл бұрын

Dr Kovacs would like to remind you, don't you have a job to do?

Hey Eric! Your editing skills are definitely going up a step. And a nice touch with the classical music and just at the right volume. Great teardown too of the CV bearing to show the new folks what's inside of them. Keep up the good work and don't work too hard! :)

Thought I was watching an AVE upload for a second with that classical music lol...

@coreyregier5546

6 жыл бұрын

Haha, yeah I thought it was a nice AvE touch!

@panzerveps

5 жыл бұрын

He forgot to use tap water when tapping out the CV joint.

@nathanbridge4581

5 жыл бұрын

He reminds me a lot of AvE. His voice and personality haha

@markoalbers5139

5 жыл бұрын

He forgot to " click " when he tightened the nuts!

@alantownsend5468

5 жыл бұрын

He even asked the camera to focus...

Man I loved the Classic Music in the background. Way to go Doc.

You really go above and beyond in your videos Eric. Who else would disassemble worn parts for their viewers. Your getting mighty fancy with the music and editing too. Good stuff!

What a coincidence, you put this superb video up the day after I e mailed you about my brothers Kia forte with the same problem 👌👌

South Main Auto channel, the finest channel on KZread!

I replaced my CV shaft about two years ago, got it all put together and noticed a 1 mm cut in the boot near the band, thank you A1 Cardone. I was hoping it would be OK but now two years later I’ve got the click of death. Off to O’Reilly for warranty replacement.

Great footage my man! And please keep up the symptoms coverage. Putting videos of sounds and demonstrations of problems really helps build a knowledgebase for car trouble we can all tap into. So many times car problems are discussed verbally without showing the problem as reproduced so we can experience it also. You did a good job here, please more symptom footage. I love it.

I think it's amazing with the intricate machining of all those parts, that they can mass produce pieces like this and still be affordable.

Thank you for doing the dissection of the failed joint. That's helpful and above and beyond content. Great channel!

This guy is The Best! No dull moments in his videos. Love his production of the video. It's like watching a educational video with great personality. It's if all his videos were produced by Steven Spielberg. Great Job! It's a blessing to have you on KZread! Thanks again Brother!

Dude you work sooo smoothly, just like a orchestra conductor, with lots of confidence. It shows!

Nice, refined with classical music. Keep them coming Eric.

"oh boy I hope we're right, I know we're right. What else could make all that noise" Haha I know that feeling all too well.

@justinc9911

4 жыл бұрын

can this make me crash or will a bad cv come off or its still goood if it makes noise? i go at 230kmh on a daily

Hi Eric, you are a skilled professional and true American. Great show loved the classical music Another video that should be part of automotive technology program you are a fun, and professional instructor.

Great video Eric, I'm a certified mechanic in Nova Scotia (super rust belt). I had a 2007 Honda odessey touring in on Friday with a clicking right front CV. Over 300,000km so they decided to go with aftermarket. Low and behold axle clicks into the half shaft no problem but will not go into the bearing splines, the teeth on the splines were too wide or "square". This was a brand new aftermarket as well not a reman. You'd almost think dorman made it.....yup we see that garbage too! Keep up the great work, love the channel !

@andrewwmacfadyen6958

6 жыл бұрын

We had the same experience with the rear hub bearing on a 4x4 Nissan the splines weren't cut properly, on examination it was obvious the teeth on the tool used to cut the splines at factor (the tool is called a "broach") were worn out.

Thank you for your little demonstration of a CV Axle Joint. It was interesting to see your fault search and see how bad the balls had broken the surfaces on the outer and inner parts of CV Axle Joint.

@throttlebottle5906

6 жыл бұрын

something nearly always has to be a weaker material or you get shattered swiss-cheese parts on shock load forces. kerpow

That classical music would really go quite well with one of your "classical" reach arounds.

My car was clicking on the way home, I knew right away it was CV. I started looking up CV joint stuff. And I watch your stuff all the time, and your video comes to the top. Keep em coming man.

The fact that you have an outro guitar riff (and the video of course), earned a subscription.Good work

Thank you Eric!!! You make the job look easy!!! You also make some of the best repair video!!!!!!

Awesome CV dissection MR. O! I have always wondered what they looked like on the inside. Also, this video proves that you can enjoy classical music. You just need SMA to go with it!

Country boy: What’s that clicking noise, oh ... it’s my blinker! Great video Eric, love em. Thanks for taking the time, patience and general interest in making these for us.

I enjoyed the classy music, it’s comedic when you’re ripping cars apart. “It’s like one of those mind games.” Too funny, too real. Good video.

Thumbs UP for creative editing and classic music.

A good, informative video about a common problem.

So far the best mechanic I've ever seen on KZread. DIY people should only watch this channel for the most professional and most accurate demonstrations of mechanic works.

@KidMillions

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, lots of amateurs, not many pros.

I've literally been wondering what is going on inside the CV to make that clicking noise and this guy did me and us all a great service. Thank you sir!

Great video, very helpful, had the same situation just not as bad. Which left me wondering if it was the axle or not. Seeing what you showed, I went ahead and replaced the axle and that was the problem. The bonus here was pulling it apart to see the scoring on the races. And just that little bit would cause the noise.

Great video; interesting to see the "meat and potatoes" of the CV joint. Interesting comments re: OEM vs aftermarket. Friends of mine commented on why I threw OEM pads & discs on my car, they were a little more expensive (less than 1/3rd) but the others had covered some 80k miles, so viewed it as a good investment for not much extra ££.

Thank you so much for exposing the mistery source of clicking noises out of CV joint. Most KZreadr just mentioned binding of CV joint but never show how and where it came from.

This is my first visit to your site. I'm trying to diagnose my clunking noise. Awesome video! Audio by Mozart was nice as well. Thanks for showing the inner workings of a CV joint. I see why you have so many followers here. Very helpful information!

Nicely done Eric, Thanks for taking the time.

Excellent diagnostic of the old CV bearing. I recently (9,000 miles ago) put a OE reman cv axle in my Jeep Grand Cherokee. It was that or after market Chinesium. I guess I will know in the next 6,000 miles if the OEM re manufacturer checked the bearing races before rebuilding.

Awesome, I loved seeing the inner workings and detail! Thanks for that. I now know my single intermittent "pop", not a constant clicking on turning, so my issue is somewhere else. I'll check my front endlinks thanks to another of your videos.

I appreciated the tare down Eric thank you! I had one go on my Civic a few years ago I replaced the joint itself and re-booted it job was done in a couple of hours and still, running great. Cheers.

Love the background music.. nice touch... awesome as always.. thank you Eric o

Piece of art, Eric! Really enjoyed it. Thanks.

Thanks for taking the time to take it all apart to see the source of the clicking. That was very informative.

You're awesome Eric. O. Love watching your videos, full of good humor and a very good amount of attention to detail. I'm sure it inspires a lot of people to DIY. I Started to work on my own cars with the help of ETCG, then I discovered your channel, and it got to another level. Thank you. Wish you all the best for future endeavors.

Damn Eric - a vid every day! You are a machine - keep 'em coming!

If grease is escaping then dirt and moisture is entering. Those CV joints do an interesting job transferring all the torque needed to move the vehicle through 8 small points of contact. Just something to think about. Good video, love seeing the innards!

The look on your face when you scored your worn out CV axle trophy--priceless. You're the best, Eric.

Very impressive. Your methods and commentary kept my interest throughout. Well done.

Great choice of music. Stay classy Eric O.!

A first for me. I normally listen to AC/DC or Metallica but I must admit, that was pretty relaxing. Thanks for the tear down, another first.

Thanks a lot for the teardown. I was scouring the net to know exactly what wears down to cause the clicking noise. Thanks once again.

For the vlog regarding cv shaft this is the best video i ever watched..... Thank very much for this informative video, Lesson learned....."we have change new instead of risking our lives"

i like the clicking. my car cv joints sound like a marching band

@gutierrezgerdardo4044

5 жыл бұрын

This guy^^^

@Missespelt

4 жыл бұрын

I hate when everyone looks at me tho when I pull out of the supermarket 😂

@heresthething....4685

3 жыл бұрын

@@Missespelt They're just jealous.

@northwestmechanic8991

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂 sorry you gave me a good laugh with that one.

@AtlasJotun

3 жыл бұрын

Plus with that boot spewing grease, you're getting some free rust-coat. That's not a failure, it's a feature!

Another outstanding SMA auto show in the snow 😉🍻🍦🍩🥓🍨🇺🇸cheers Hunter O.

GREAT video! Thanks for showing us the "why", we often don't see. I replaced my shafts yesterday. They clicked on both sides intermittently, but it was a much slower click. I assume only one of the channels of the race are worn. You've inspired me to take them apart and see what was going on inside.... Thanks again!

By far the most informative video out there!!! Always fun watching.

The music 🎶 makes this so relaxing.

Dang, Eric!! You messed up Mrs.Os dish washing gloves!! Ain't no one close enough to pull her off of ya!! Best of luck, it was nice knowing ya!!

Love the music! So refreshing for an automotive video NOT having loud head banging heavy metal music which is overused, and betrays a lack of original thought. You sir, have style. 🎶

Nice video - especially the beginning when you caught the noise from outside the car! Your work is getting better all the time!

love the music Eric, that was great.. Take care and God bless you and your family

Good job Eric, kinda looks like a Löbro joint you you'd see on a German RWD car, if that was the case you could just swap the inner with the outer to have them wear on different areas of that race. Either way great job and good taste on the soundtrack hopefully you will treat us to some good tunes once again.

Excellent video.... thanks for going to the trouble of disassembling the part and showing us what was wrong.

Thank you for spending the time to see what's causing the clicking sound. Very detailed explanation.

Eric O to the rescue.

watch as eric o struggles to dismantle a cv joint. meanwhile when i was doing struts on my hondo the cv joint fell apart on its own all over the floor.

@SouthMainAuto

6 жыл бұрын

Oh man we have all been there!

@woopimagpie

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I've had that happen too.... oops. Also had one with splines that were really stuck in the hub bearing, it literally exploded when I started pounding on it, bits went everywhere. That was fun.

Good job eric O... Nothing more satisfying then ripping something apart to see whats going on inside. Ive never tried putting one back together though

Man, you have answered one of my questions stemming back almost 3 decades. I've always wondered what it looked like inside a CV shaft. Thx! Great vid.

@stephenarling1667

4 жыл бұрын

And I learned there's another style than the joints in my old Saab 96.

Ah you went all classy with the classical 😜

@TheTheomax

6 жыл бұрын

Mr O was just trying to add a little class to the "joint" Not that it was needed by any means.

@napalm1101

6 жыл бұрын

2:16, I thought he was mixing some dubstep in there.

@BobPegram

5 жыл бұрын

Mozart always a good choice.8-))

Just by coincidence, I had to do this exact thing to the passenger side CV of my Focus almost a year ago to this day. Due to the snow then, I hit a deep pothole and over extended the CV joint. This ripped the boot and popped the joint out. I was lucky that the CV joint was the only thing damaged, but it wasn't fun changing it in an unheated garage on axle stands.

@burgegerm7878

6 жыл бұрын

That seems pretty serious, I don't think that should happen from a pot hole. Was there any other issue, or was it an aftermarket part? I have a 2007 ford focus, I hit potholes quite often, and I am pretty sure I have had the front go airborne over the speed bumps and humps they are putting up all over the place. I can hear the thud when the suspension maxes out in extension. My fear is that this can eventually cause the relatively tiny strut mount studs to fail, I never thought a CV axle could come apart from that, unless something else fails first.

@Pantherman1979

6 жыл бұрын

Monitor M this thing swallowed the fire, it was the factory dhaft

@mannys9130

6 жыл бұрын

I don't think a CV axle should extend that much normally. The axle is designed with the suspension limits in mind. The only time I saw complete joint separation was when a ball joint broke on a Scooby Doo and ripped that sucker apart. Maybe your boot was really hardened and not as flexible as required at full travel. Strange. :/

Very cool. I like to see inside the broken part to figure out what happened

This is the first time I comment I just want to thank u for every single thing I learned from u And keep it up Eric 😊

6:41 I literally shouted at my screen "Oh ***k me that's clever!" I usually have the rotor and caliper off when I'm doing CV axles. Thanks for the new trick!

🎶Grease is the word, is the word It's got groove, it's got meaning🎶

Logged in to thank you for demonstrating the noise immediately. Just wanted to know what I'm listening for, in the clear so far! Liked and great music choice btw, made the process seem so elegant. Cheers South Main Auto Repair LLC!

That is some really sweet footage of the noise at the beginning. I love it.

Nice video very detailed in the teardown

Nice music to start the video, is calming sweet👍👍👍👌😙

Thank you for the guided tour/damage assessment of the CV joint pitted bearing surfaces causing the clicking.

Thanks for taking the time to show us the inner workings. Appreciated.

Had the same problem on my Mazda Premacy diesel, however the boot was not ripped. Both axles had failed, but my mechanic thinks it's because the car had 400k kilometers, and it had original joints and boots, so it's just normal wear and tear. I had strange vibrations when accelerating, which i thought was an engine misfire, later on joints started clicking when turning, and we got used axles, because you cannot get new aftermarket units, only new joints, so I got used ones with both good joints.

Great vid! Also, worn CV joints don't always click - they can produce a steering wheel wobble (can be really violent) that comes and goes. Seems to be rather unknown, even by the recovery services!

@ElantraFukkenGang

Жыл бұрын

all front mounted transaxles click when they have bad cv shafts 👍

@EZ-D-FIANT

11 ай бұрын

@@ElantraFukkenGang only if they click replace cv joint/axel, but if the boot tears and you've got no clicking then just re grease and re boot. I think matey might be talking about the inner joint, they can go without clicking, you notice a knock on accel/decell with those....

@EZ-D-FIANT

11 ай бұрын

Dunno about the steering wobble that makes zero sense, sounds like you have some undiagnosed worn bushes....

@dfghjkuytr

11 ай бұрын

I now realise that my CV joint was not worn. Rather, a cage or ball fracture realease a small fragment which could get into the groove and act as a wedge to prevent the ball move along and force the joint to try to straighen out= wobble. But the fragment was able to move so the problem would come and go. VERY UNUSUAL, but I did meet one mechanic who has heard of it!

@EZ-D-FIANT

11 ай бұрын

@@dfghjkuytr yea fair enough that sounds viable....👍👌👍

Awesome video! Thanks for what your doing. It’s a huge help for me as I’m able to do the work, but like to know how it’s done and what causes the problem before starting my own project! My hats off to ya man!

Thanks for your time for making this video. This is first video I have seen on KZread about thorough damage investigation. Anyone can go by mechanic’s diagnostic after seeing this video. It was interesting to see your fault search and see how bad the balls had broken the surfaces on the outer and inner parts of CV Axle Joint.

Nice! I've changed many of these over the years and always wondered what is actually going on in bad CV joints. I guess I lacked the patience to get the darned things open. Thanks for tearing it down and showing us what's in there and how it's failing! Any ideas how to prevent these failures? Maybe pull 'em, re-pack with grease, and re-boot them every 50k miles or so? I know tight turns, especially where you need to apply power like U-turns, seem to be worth avoiding.

love the music for the replacement! i'm sure you probably know this but if you have a person to sit in the car while its on the hoist, you can have them turn the wheel all the way and have them press the brake lightly while accelerating to create a loaded condition

@SouthMainAuto

6 жыл бұрын

You sure can! Sometimes thought if you can not shut off the traction control they go bananas :)

@shadowdog500

6 жыл бұрын

South Main Auto Repair: So that’s what happened! First time I put someone on the lift in a Mercedes 4matic to do this, the guy gave it the beans and the wheels were jerking all over the place and he said the speedometer didn’t go more than about 5 miles an hour. It never hit me that the ABS was the problem, I thought it was something in the AWD. Chris

@SouthMainAuto

6 жыл бұрын

If you do not have an option to turn it off just unplug a wheel speed sensor to set a code and disable it. Then she will give all the beans! Of course reset the code when you are done.

@shadowdog500

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip! chris

Just in time. This is the diagnosis I've been waiting for! Now I can get started on the wife's Forester's front CV axles.

Eric you are exactly right the OEM ones are the only way to go . Thank you for taking that apart to show us what they look like inside how to take them apart . Those aftermarket ones don't even fit properly or are as reliable as the OEM ones .

Your the best!@ keep it up

@ziggy-nx4yw

6 жыл бұрын

robert medina I

Digging the classy music

thank you for taking the time to actually disassemble the part to show why it has broken.

Galling and pitting from road debris entering broken boot. Thanks for taking time to perform failure analysis.

Your getting to be a pro at this video making and editing, and the music is just so relaxing.

@irenea7454

4 жыл бұрын

So interesting, and,learned alot.doing the work myself is a delight. Thanks for the tips...

@irenea7454

4 жыл бұрын

What do i order to replace the c.v.joint

@irenea7454

4 жыл бұрын

The complete order is what im guessing,and,a control arm?

So aftermarket joints smell like joints?...

@InsideOfMyOwnMind

5 жыл бұрын

Imagine that.

@ravenfeather7087

5 жыл бұрын

Mecinicks be smokin'!

@robertmedina6875

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I know you need joints ! Ha ha

@keithstudly6071

4 жыл бұрын

No! The box or packing material. Are you new at this?

Fantastic video. Not just a "replace the part vid and done." A curious kid wanting to know WHYYYY. Thank you.

Thanks for take your time and explain us the reasons for noises of CV AXLE.