I investigated a bit of knocking coming from my cv joint.
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Turns out the cage was broken and one of the balls had popped out and was trapped in the boot.
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I caught it before it failed spectacularly.
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Because there was a cable tie on the boot and I couldn't find the broken bit of cage I suspect it was already broken and has been semi ok for all of my ownership.
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The problem is I can't seem to find a replacement one anywhere in UK.
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There are some rather expensive uprated options from the states but a lot of those places don't want to ship here any more because of brexit.
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ATS says they will ship but UPS has been losing a lot of packages.
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Even a replacement cage would be ok as my inner and outer race are good.
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