CV Axle Click Explained

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Excellent video showing two 3rd generation wheel bearings from Tesla cut apart!
• How Wheel Hubs Work

[@Levibetz]

Easy way to torque the nut, run the wheel nuts down against the rotor, then use one of those irwin quick clamps, flip the stationary jaw to the other side, prop it between the brake and seat. I use that all the time in the garage to apply the brakes on various cars. Brakes will hold way more than 200ft/lbs of torque with ease.

[@DennisWoodCAD]

@@Levibetz I have a couple Task extendable supports in the shop that I use exactly as you described, quite often :-). For this job I just ran two wheel nuts on to the studs (brakes were not installed) and used a 3 foot pry bar on them to hold the hub for torquing.

[@tecfixed2840]

There was a tsb for ford vehicles a few years ago for a similar issue where you applied a glue to the splines before insertion into the hub, there was a 24 hour curing time before driving.

[@DennisWoodCAD]

If you are able to locate that TSB, please post up a link :-)

[@dedduck2479]

Thank you so much for making this video!

[@DennisWoodCAD]

You're quite welcome 🙂

[@LivvyWood-x1w]

Another absolute banger d-dog

[@DennisWoodCAD]

wow...ok, I'll take that compliment..ha.

[@ArcticBlues1]

Great Job!
Thank You :)

[@DennisWoodCAD]

No worries..hope it was helpful.

[@lifuranph.d.9440]

Don’t use an impact wrench to tighten the nut if the wheel is on or not on the ground.
Only use a TORQUE WRENCH to tighten the nut with the wheel on the ground.
For AUDI's [and others] NEVER EVER USE AN IMPACT WRENCH TO TIGHTEN THE NUT.
USE A TORQUE WRENCH ONLY WITH THE WHEEL ON THE GROUND or you will damage the wheel bearing.

[@DennisWoodCAD]

I'd agree. A torque wrench is 100% the prescription for pretty much any nut or bolt on the vehicle! That said, with these 3rd gen bearings, the bearing is pretensioned by the roll forming on the bearing assembly and can take a lot more abuse than the older 1st gen press in bearings that need an axle in place under pre-load before taking weight.

[@luburan1973]

I lost forward and reverse and now has a clicking noise at park. What could be the problem?

[@DennisWoodCAD]

@@luburan1973 I would post up a video in a separate thread. This is likely not a simple CV axle click issue.

[@luburan1973]

@@DennisWoodCAD Car is Ford focus 2.0 diesel with Getrag 450 6 speed transmission

[@DennisWoodCAD]

@@luburan1973 I have zero experience with those, so can’t help I’m afraid :-(

[@ElarMack-ci1of]

WHAT IS AN AXLE CLICK? DOES HE MEAN a CV clicking? A CV and shaft IS NOT AN AXLE. AN AXLE IS SOMETHING A WHEEL ROTATES ON. A DRIVE SHAFT DRIVES THE WHEEL HUB OR AXLE EITHER DIRECTY OR INDIRECTLY. A cv is never an axle, NEVER! EVEN FRED FLINTSTONE KNOWS THAT!

[@DennisWoodCAD]

@ElarMack-ci1of The CV shaft assembly is commonly referred to as a CV axle assembly. I did not make up the verbiage. To call it CV clicking would be misleading as the sound is not coming from the CV joint.
To your point regarding Fred Flinstone, his car had stub axles, and a monolithic stone wheel, so you're right...he likely knew what an axle is :-)