Drivers side CV joint . . . OUCH!!!

Sounds about right from Ren yeah.

IIRC you can get reconditioned driveshafts on exchange for about £150.

Given this, K-Tech do:
http://www.k-tecracing.com/show_product.asp?id=4873&appid=12
for £180-£200ish.

I can't work it out either.

 

Just replaced both of mine, ordered from Ads on here for 140 each, fitting was 100 each side plud gearbox oil

 

They be the recon ones on £10 exchanged then?

No issues I take it?

 

How much?! That's 1.5 hours work max if I had a couple of tea breaks included, working on floor!

 

I'd charge £100 plus oil to do both sides,
Adz is your man for parts, he works for renault

 

Search for
Ads@renault
He won't mind

 

Are you 100% that nothing is catching? Assuming its exactly the same noise as it wouldn't be the first time a "new" cv joint is faulty.

 

Meh. You're not helping.

My 'car' has the same clicking noise. It's not the stickers - i've pulled them off. No sign of grease anywhere but knocks like mad under load on full lock.

Should of bought a Clio Trophy.

 

Go buy one then and sort yourself out.

 

How is he not helping? strange question...

 

standard height or lowered?

 

Might be cv joints mate by the sounds of it, is it constant clicking on full lock at low speeds?

Both mine have gone will need to contact @Ads soon

 

Think you can just change the cv joint itself mate, someone more knowledgeable than me should be able to confirm but does the driveshaft come on its own or is the cv joint attached, just saying that because you still have the clicking

 

Haha thats meganes for you lol, is there any noise coming from the passenger side?

 

Sorry - my bad.

I'll try and explain. I'm having the same sort of problems as the OP, and looking at all the options I was considering buying a recon shaft on exchange, but BMH mention something about people having issues with badly reconed shafts not solving the problems they were fitted for. This 'reset' my thought process, hence the 'not helping' comment. It was meant tongue in cheek, but obviously didn't come across that way.

Blame my writing style, the written word, the internet, the beer, me - either way I'll go back into the hole from which I came, social misfit that I am.

 

Some beer was involved.

Please update thread after visiting the garage, and good luck.

 

I don't think its the shaft. could be be they generally only knock on full lock with quite a lot of gas.
Renault ex driveshafts are really good.

 

must b very comon, mine have gone also didnt no you replace whole lot renault no how to make money dont they.

 

Having the same problem changed the shafts noise is still there
cv joints tend to make a clack clack sort of sound yet mine is more like a relay clicking

 

I also have the ticking, it's deffo a 'tick' and not a 'knock' so I wasn't convinced the CV was the culprit.

Damned if I know what it is though, I've checked and double checked for any visible signs of damage/wear around the o/s strut/hub etc etc; nothing found

It has to be linked to rotation of the wheel as the speed of the ticking increases with wheel/shaft speed.

Bearing??

Paul

 

Have you had a check for loose stickers on the driveshaft? My old 225 was sending me mad doing it, I took it to my mates garage and he laughed when he found it! It's just a metal-type sticker that comes partly loose and sticks out. It's quite stiff so clicks like mad.

 

Tried that
I've removed mine and it still does it
thing is it only does it with the wheels turned and under acceleration

 

^^ yep, exactly the same as mine

 

Only thing I can think is wheel bearing

 

I have the same noise. Can only hear it at low speed when turning. Mainly round left hand bends. Deffo doesn't sound like a cv joint. I reckon it's possible it's a sticker or something as stated above.

 

Exactly this, and had my off side shaft replaced today by Birchdown - noise is still there. Deffo not the sticker - I removed the one on the old shaft but it made no difference.

Just thrash the bollocks off it on left handers till something brakes? That what I really feel like doing TBH