Quick question about s54 cv axles, or just cv axles in general Options

[enderswift]

Hey there,

I was reading my repair manual the other night while changing out my ball joint and tie rod and noticed that it said to be careful not to overextend the cv axle when seperating the steering knuckle. What does overextend really mean? what happens to the cv when its being overextended and what can that cause??? I still have a wierd shuddering clunk off of acceleration so maybe it might be due to my cv axle?

[enderswift]

RESOLVED

The noise that i was hearing under acceleration has been found. finally

however before that happened I took apart the whole drivers side suspension and inspected EVERYTHING. All joints looked good, all bushings looked good, the cv axles are like new, and the suspension looked in great shape too. Frustrated I put everything back together with proper torques hoping that maybe it was one of those things that will get fixed by being taken apart then put together again. So after all that i went for a spin. It was still there... wow was i annoyed. And its not like i could just say f this and sleep all day, i still had a crap ton of electromagnetism to study.

However, I decided to procrastinate on the physics and check some fluids when out of no where the idea struck me to check my home made 'AEM' intake. Guess what, the damn thing would rock back with the engine on acceleration and strike my brake master cylinder, which as you can figure, sends a shock to the pedals. So this whole time I was running in circles looking for a suspension issue when it was just my damn intake! Whats wierd is that I've had this intake on for almost 2 years without any issues at all. Only in the last month and a half has is started to hit. Tonight im going to trim that damn thing, or maybe even put the stock intake back in. I dont care anymore.

either way im beyond happy that this is solved. I racked my brain for weeks as to what could be the cause and couldn't find anything every time I crawled under the car, not to mention the several times I completely took apart the suspension or the balljoint/tierod I had to replace as a result. Oh well I guess there is a lesson in this, but im too tired to put it into words.

anyway, thanks to everyone who tried helping me with this