Clicking? sound while turning

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Clicking? sound while turning

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My Civic has developed, over the past couple of weeks, a clicking (best way I can describe it) sound that occurs when I'm turning sharply. The turn direction does not matter, but it does not happen if I'm not turning tightly. I believe it's coming from my front left wheel area, but not entirely sure because I've always been driving when it occurs and it's not something I know how to test from the outside of the car.

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Joints.
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That was my first thought, though I probably won't be able to get the car up on jack stands to look until this weekend. I know to look at the boot of the CV joint and see if it's torn or anything... but any other suggestions on how to check besides just looking?
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Tug on it to check for play.
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Torn boot is not necessary for CV joint failure. Click is almost certainly CV joint.
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honda syndrome aka bad cv joints...ignore til it clicks all the time or the wheels fall off
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Nother vote for joints. Mine were terrible. Looked fine. Boots were intact, but the joints were in terrible shape. It only took 3 days from the noise to go from bad to worse.
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FDSpirit wrote:Nother vote for joints. Mine were terrible. Looked fine. Boots were intact, but the joints were in terrible shape. It only took 3 days from the noise to go from bad to worse.
Did you replace the joints? Or go with potownrob's suggestion of ignoring it until the wheel falls off? :lol:
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Yeah. I replaced it. It started grinding. I was afraid it was gonna just give out on my way home or something :lol: . It didn't cost too much to replace them. Got remaned ones. Brand new were too damn much.
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Reman joint vs OEM joint.
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