Grinding help needed

[givegodachance]

I went and tried what the advice was. When i drive it and put it in neutral coasting it still does the noise and when i put it in 4 low there is a popping and pinging from the front CVs. at least drivers side. I have not checked the angle yet of the CVs but will tomorrow. I hope this is the problem.

[MSHardeman]

Popping and pinging from the CV's is pretty much a dead give away for bad CV's. If the previous owner didn't fix the CV's and hide the damage, you will probably have torn CV boots so they should be easy to spot. Just crawl under the front of the VX and look at the rubber CV covers. There should be one at the end of the front axle housing and one down by the back of the spindle at the front wheels. It should be easy enough to see if they are split, but if you can't tell, give them a tug and see if they separate. Also, there may be a bunch of residue (grease) that has sprayed over everything around the CV's because once they split the grease get's thrown around.

You really won't be able to tell the extent of the CV damage until you get into them. Hopefully the damage, if it is the CV's, has been contained to the joints themselves. If the "green cups" have been damaged then you'll have to get new inner axles, or have yours removed and resurfaced.

Hope it's nothing too bad. Good luck.

[pbkid]

Small leak in the rear tire? Problem found. Get that fixed asap or you will definitely roast your t case.

[Ldub]

I have not checked the angle yet of the CVs but will tomorrow. I hope this is the problem.

The numeric angle value of the CV's isn't really important for the sake of this discussion. I'm not sure if any of us knows that numeric angle about our own vehicle.

I was basing my observation of lift from this pic...

That much lift will make the angles pretty steep without drop brackets.