hitbyastick

Hey guys,
kinda of a rookie question. On a front wheel drive one would determine the cv axle to be bad by turning the wheel all the way to a stop and listening for noise.
How would I do this on the 914? I think it's bad because there a sort of grinding noise when I put a load on the engine, but it doesn't do it just driving down the road. It also does it if I go into a turn. When the car is jacked up, the end of the cv shaft (wheel side) has a little bit of play. Not when the car is on the ground though.
What do you think?

skl

Some of the play could also be rear wheel bearings?? Are the rubber boots still intact? As far as play goes, therre is always a little play side to side- that's normal...

hitbyastick

Ok after further evaluation, the CVs are fine, and so are the wheel bearings. I think something is just loose. The car drives fine, but say I turn it, or go over a speedbump it likes to make the grinding noise. I wodner if some of the cooling ducts are loose or something. Oh boy, it never ends ...

skl

Remember, the car is 35 years old! How many other 35 year old cars are even still out there being driven... see many Ford Falcons or Pintos running around????

Irishdriver

5000 rpm , 1st gear and sidestep the clutch -

If there is a bang and the car goes nowhere you need to replace the cv's.

(or the diff, or the gearbox, or.....)

Actually they will last a very long time if you make sure to let the clutch out a tiny bit to take up the slack in the drive train before doing any full power stuff.

for the grinding noise on bumps - first have a look at the shiny part of your shocks and see if it is still shiny, they can rust !!

then check your suspension bushes for wear - does the car jiggle over bumps?

sww914

Sounds like tires rubbing to me. Look around for shiny spots in the wheel wells.