So I have a Honda Civic 2001 EX Sedan I bought 16 months ago for about 3000 dollars which was a steal in my opinion since there were no signs of rust in the car here in Central PA which seems to be a problem in most cars with this age.
Bought it with 120k miles and currently is sitting at 138k miles.
So... my car has a clicking noise when I turn both left and right on curves, especially if I go faster making the G forces higher on each side of vehicle. It seems its the CV joint according to what I researched.
While looking at videos, it does not look that hard so I was thinking of DIY even though me and cars arent that great together. Maybe its time I change that!
Since english is not my primary language all these new technical terms sometimes are chinese to me.
I was thinking of replacing the whole CV Axle since for the price it makes sense.
I went to Rockauto.com and Auto Advance parts. Advance parts says it fits my vehicle and it comes at 99 dollars for 2 CV Axles Carquest brand (no idea if it is any good)
While on rockauto page though
http://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/honda,2001,civic,1.7l+l4,1373217,drivetrain,cv+half+shaft+assembly,2288I see many options.
It seems standard transmission is manual correct? I have automatic. Of these brands what should I go for?
And also, it seems that I cant do a left side and right side axle of the same brand with rockauto since some of them say manual transmission and then only have one side of vehicle for automatic trans.
Another question is... when replacing these, do i need to also replace wheel bearing if its in bad shape or is the wheel bearing a part of the whole axle so in essence is being replace when someone changes the axle?
Thanks