CV Axle?

[Orangetang]

I have some vibration coming from the front end of my pathfinder while i'm on the highway. Noticable only at about 70km/h and up, and peaking around 120km/h. If 4H is engaged, the vibration increases a fair bit, especially when accelerating. I pulled over as soon as I noticed this and gave the CVs a shake with my hands. The Driver's is solid, but the Passengers feel a little loose, like there is play in the rotational plane. Should there be? I'm guessing this is the problem... When rolling up to a stop sign, a very very quite scuff scuff sound can be heard from somewhere around that area.... Also, possibly unrelated a bumping sound is coming from somewhere under the truck on small bumps.. Sounds like a loose shock mount or something... Maybe related? Anyways, I just drove this thing over 2300km in the last 30 hours or so, and I need to return home ont he weekend so it shoudl probably be sorted out before i head back for another 2300 kms.

 

80,500km on 02 Chilkoot. What do you think?

[FLApathy]

are you driving around in 4hi or 4lo

 

 

or is it that automatic 4x4 thingy

[94extreme]

yeah, sounds like that's very probable. may want to lift the truck and have a better looksy. it shouldn't have any play in it.

[94extreme]

another wuick check. if you have been in 4wd lately and have the auto locking hubs... lock them, roll a bit, then disengage then again.. one may still be locked.. that happened to me a few times.

02 slick. flanges darlin'

[Slick]

02 slick. flanges darlin'

ah well crap.. like i'm paying attention? EVERYONE has a 92 pathy like me! well.. delete time i guess.... damn...

[unccpathfinder]

it should make a really bad clunking/clicking sound when ure going around a turn...i believe if u turn left and year it its the right 1 and if u turn right and hear it its the left 1...not 100% on that but i have heard some cvs go bad on a fwd and they start off clicking then when they're fixing to break they start clunking....then they go POW and you end up in the ditch (my ra did that freshman year)