Note. The drive joints are very durable. However, if the protective covers are damaged, water and dirt enter the hinges, as a result of which they quickly fail. The work of replacing the front wheel drives is quite laborious, and the drives are not cheap. To save a lot of time and money, avoid damaging hinge covers (for example, hitting a wire sticking out of the ground) and replace them immediately at the slightest damage. If water or dust gets into the hinge through a damaged cover, it will fail after several hundred kilometers. The sealed hinge wears out extremely slowly.
1. Install the car on a viewing ditch or overpass.
2. Examine a protective cover of the right internal...
3....left inner...
4.... and external hinges of equal angular velocities: covers should not have cracks and ruptures. Replace damaged covers.
5. Check up tightness of a prileganiye of belts of a cover and reliability of fastening of collars. The cover should not turn on the hinge, and the clamps - on the cover. Otherwise, replace the clamps. Check the tightness of the bolts of the boot holder of the left inner hinge and the absence of twisting of the boot.