half shaft tink = stripped spline?

[Serpentor]

has there been instances of actual spline/halfshaft failure due to the "tink" noise, or is it just a noise issue. Last I heard from my thread searches, Ford stopped replacing the halfshafts with the "tink"...

when you still have the tink after the axle nuts are torqued down, does it mean the spline on the half shaft/hub are stripped? or could it be a CV issue like someone mentioned in one of the old threads?

I figure this would get better response here then when I asked at the new edge forum

 

[BIGV]

I had the tink in both axles and got them replaced 1 month ago so I dont know anything about them not replacing the halfshafts. If thats the case its the dealer not ford that is refusing. I would tell them I dont care if it is a noise or a failure I want them replaced it has a warranty so honor it.

 

[Serpentor]

ttt

 

[mike79]

I beleive its the outer CV's...

 

[ShelbyGuy]

i agree with mike79. its the joint not the stub shaft. i arrived at this conclusion after changing both axles and rear knuckles.

 

[grnenvy]

hmm

I had two sets of factory axles in my car due to the click noise. The only thing that fixed the noise was to replace the axles with a set of DSS axles. It's all fixed now and they have been in there for almost a year now.
Good luck

 

[Serpentor]

so does it mean the CV joint is about to fail or is it just loose?

 

[Serpentor]

TTT

so should I live with the tink or fix it?
the noise doesnt bother me all that much, but if its about to fail I'm obviously going to fix it.