Should there be any play in the CV joint?

[RangerFD]

Wondering if this is normal. If I pull towards the wheel you can hear that sound it makes towards the end of the video.

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[Jfleming]

That looks pretty normal to me. (End to end clearance) Where you don't want to see any play is if you would rotate the shaft and either end of it has play in it in relation to the shaft.

 

[RangerFD]

That looks pretty normal to me. (End to end clearance) Where you don't want to see any play is if you would rotate the shaft and either end of it has play in it in relation to the shaft.

So just to dumb it down to myself it can go forward and back but not up down/ left and right?

 

[geophb]

Normal. A brand new shaft would be the same.
There will be some play goin in and out like that (its splined).

Up/down/all around/rotational it should be tight.

 

[Monark323]

Mine had play too, so I open the boot and found a piece of broken metal inside of the boot. Probably broke the driver side CV joint when I install my coilovers.
FYI buy straight from the online Ford parts store it’s much cheaper than straight from the dealer.

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