The CV axle (or the Constant-Velocity joint) is critical to any vehicle's front driveline. Of course, we all know the engine burns fuel to produce power, and the transmission sends the engine's power ...

Conventional wisdom typically sets no time or mileage interval to replace drive-axle boots, which are more commonly known as CV-joint boots (“CV” being short for “constant velocity”). Although they ...

That clicking noise that your front-wheel-drive car makes as you accelerate around low-speed righthand corners has been getting a little louder for weeks. One afternoon, just as you pull out of the ...

A drive axle is essentially a half axle, so named because it does half of the job, extending from a transaxle or differential to one of the wheels. Its twin on the other side completes the set.

We couldn't begin tell you how many times we have found ourselves underneath a truck or Jeep replacing a broken axleshaft or U-joint. Let's face it: Once a rig has been fitted with larger tires and ...

Question: I have a 2005 Chrysler Town & Country minivan. As I was pulling out of a parking space, I heard a loud grinding noise as if something was stuck under the front bumper. I couldn’t move the ...