Project: Rebuilding a busted CV

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Check lug nut torque first. I thought I had a clicking CV joint, too, but turned out to be the washers on 2 lug nuts making noise because those two nuts had slightly loosened over time.

I just dealt with this issue! It sounded EXACTLY like a bad CV. The only exception was that the noise sounded like it was coming from the wheel/outer hub vs inside the wheel well when it is a bad CV. I was so relieved that it wasn't a defective new CV I had just installed.