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[brucemillar]

So there I am driving at 70mph (this is true) on cruise control, in my Wife's rather beautiful 4.8is Black BMW x5. It was a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky and I was on an almost deserted dual carriageway.

Then a Bang or a thud and an instant vibration like a tyre had burst (I thought it had). Pulled over to the side, all tyres were fine and there was no visible damage or problem. Drove of and I have vibration a 40mph that gets worse with road speed. Then I notice that when I pass houses on my NS I can hear metallic tinkle sound that increases with wheel speed. Still no visible damage and the car is now driving very nicely!!

Into my friends tyre shop today and they remove the front NS wheel (the one with the tinkle sound). As they lift the car from the ramps. Out falls some bits of metal. Oh Oh.....

The NS outer CV joint has exploded. Bent metal and ball bearings now caught up in the CV Boot. Joy upon joy.

We will now replace both outer CV joint and boots (the drivers side looks okay but not worth the risk) The inner joints are fine.

Not sure what to add really. I am impressed it did not throw the shaft as that may not have been funny. Also kind of impressed that it drove very well with just a tinkle sound. I am missing a load of ball bearings. If you are driving along the a249 and hit some marbles......... You have been warned.

 

[clk320x]

So there I am driving at 70mph (this is true) on cruise control, in my Wife's rather beautiful 4.8is Black BMW x5.

Hmm... in a BMW? Who you trying to fool

 

[saff]

Just glad that the damage wasn't more serious and more importantly it didn't cause an accident!

 

[Trickythemerc]

Oh dear Bruce has lost his marbles.........????

 

[wu56Shoozz]

^ Nope, Bruce has lost his "Balls" more like...in the CV joint of course

I had an interview to go to and I was unemployed, couldn't afford a new CV joint. So I looked underneath and the gaitor torn badly. So I got an old Garden spray bottle and filled it with Gunk.

1/ Stage 1 - clean thoroughly the bearings in the joint and the gaitor itself.

2/ Make sure the gaitor is spotless at the tear.

3/ Repack the CV joint with plenty of grease (CV Type)

4/ Using LOCTITE superglue the tear as best possible

5/ Now, wrap the gaitor in self amalgamating rubber insulating tape - make sure its well covered and sealed, Aye Voila! A temporary repair..

I drove to Gloucester & back to Glasgow with not a murmur crack or creak.. apparently it was once of my best repairs ever according to my garage, the best they'd seen.

A new CV joint later and all was restored..

 

[Deleted member 131833]

I hope you got the job, did you tell them about your problem solving skills?

 

[optimusprime]

Bruce i would bet this would never have happened in your Mercedes . Only a joke bruce i mean nothing by it .

 

[E55BOF]

I remember when I was in Hong Kong years ago, we students were in a somewhat elderly HK Military Service Corps Morris J2 minibus, being driven through Causeway Bay rather rapidly back from the language school because of an approaching typhoon. As we rounded a left-hand bend, a loose wheel came past us on the left. As the driver straightened up, the vehicle lurched, and it rapidly became clear that it was in fact our left-hand rear wheel...

 

[brucemillar]

The exploded cv joint.


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