Clicking

[chriscopenhaver]

Well my car has been making this clicking noise whenever i accelerate around a corner. For it to do it i must be turning. My friend told me most likely it is the strut but im unsure of how to find out. Have any of you guys seen this before if so can you sorta guide me in the right direction. Thanks

[jimy]

sounds like bad axles.

[Father Time]

Sounds like an axle going out.

EDIT: jimy beat me to it

[visualpoet]

I agree, a clicking when you turn sounds like bad cv shafts. Is it a ratcheting sound, or more of a clunking noise?

[chriscopenhaver]

It seems to be more of a clicking like something is hitting something in a way. If it is the axle what kinda price am i looking at and amount of work?

[visualpoet]

Well, mine were about $75 each (Advance Auto Parts), and if you know what you're doing, and the spline nuts come off easily, it's only 1-2 hours. A lot of us have had problems getting the spline nuts off though, so you might take it to a garage and have them spin them off and back on before you start. I ended up cutting through mine and splitting them until they came off the axles. A flat pry bar makes popping them out of the tranny very easy.

[Brandoncb7]

You'll also need to rent some tools from Advanced if you don't already have them. I think someone called it a pickle fork or something before. You might want to get some new cotter pins and some axle grease while you're at it.

P.S. Please use jackstands! LOL maybe you had planned on it but some people don't. Good luck.

[Jonas]

jack stands - you should have these already if you work on your car

ball joint removal tool (either a pickle fork or a pitman arm puller). both may damage the ball joint, so be prepared to replace those. if the boots are ripped, replace the ball joints immediately. - free to borrow from most major autoparts stores. $5-$20 to buy.

36mm socket with a large breaker bar or impact/air wrench - the socket is also free to borrow. $15 or so to buy, i think. the breaker bar is good to have regardless. a big pipe works as well too

flathead screwdriver or punch to stake and unstake the axle nut - if you dont already have a flathead screwdriver then your not an american

new cotter pins. never reuse the old ones - they arent expensive for a ton of them

the axles themselves are about 75 a side for a remanufactured piece from most major stores. ive had the best luck with napa axles myself. other members have had good luck with napa too. id do both sides now.


if you need to replace your ball joints their 25 from honda. its not an easy thing to replace and a lot of people take the whole assembly to a shop to have them do it. if you have access to a bench vise its not that hard to do though. if the boots are ripped you need to replace the joints or you could crash. ball joint failure results in total loss of control

[chriscopenhaver]

Well i was looking through the classifieds section on the site and i found a pair of napa axles for $60 for both. They have slight surface rust but the boots are in good condition. As for the ball joints if the boots on my current axles are broken or torn then i should replace them? Im really just getting to know my cb7 and cars and general my father knows alot but he is hardly ever home except weekends so im apologize if i sound kind of car illiterate.

[visualpoet]

If you can afford to replace the ball joints, by all means do it when you do the axles. It'll keep you from having to do it another time.

[[sLow]CB]

fix axles rite away. i drove on a bad axle on my prelude for like a day and it completly broke down and it would turn the wheels. i was stuck on the freeway at night.. it sucked. and then i had to push it on the trailer. was not happy that night.

[C91BLX7]

Best way to separate LBJ.