Greetings Joel. My apologies in taking so long to respond. I am in the middle of a kitchen reno, presently mudding the drywall. What a pain. Anyway, to answer your questions. > I was wondering if the noise that your hear is like playing cards in the spokes of a bicycle? No. > My 89 Syncro makes a slight "playing card in the spokes" sound, likewise when I turn hard while backing up out of my driveway. It seems to bind and slow down naturally without braking. Could this be a symptom of the CV joint going? Does the "playing card in the spokes" change with wheel speed ? Now that I got thinking about this, I paid attention to my reverse when turning and my van does slow down, but I don't hear anything. When my last front CV went there was always a noticeable binding when turning in slow, forward and reverse. On hwy driving it was fine until one day after 2 hours on the hwy the front end started banging. Turned out that water had got into the CV joint causing it to seize when hot after a long drive. > How do I determine which is going? Left or right? Inner or outer? Check the front outers. On mine when I turned to the left it would bind. Replaced passenger side front outer. Although it would be good maintenance to get them all checked, lubed etc. > Wonder what is the time to live on this because I hear no noise in the forward direction. Like my last CV, I drove for a couple of months then all of a sudden it went. I have one inner CV that a mechanic said was a bit scored. He lubed it and said maybe 20K km. That was 40K ago. You never can tell. Best maintenance is preventive maintenance. Good luck Joel. R.Feueriegel 88 syncro
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