Today was the humble Hyundai Getz. The client complained of a clicking noise when turning. This was quickly diagnosed as a worn CV joint (constant velocity joint). These ‘joints’ are part of the drive shaft which transfers the driving force from the gearbox to the wheels. CV joints allows drive to the wheels while allow the suspension to move freely and also the wheels to be able to change angle (steering). These joints wear out as there is a lot of force going through them.
This repair is quite common on front wheel drive cars and also with independent suspension 4 wheel drive vehicles. Luckily these parts are readily available from aftermarket suppliers rather then only genuine dealers. This has made this repair much cheaper then it was in years past. We commonly replace the complete driveshafts both LH and RH which has both inner and outer CV joints at the same time. This is because if one joint is noisy then the others will be also worn and soon to fail.
