clicking sound

[WiSDoM]

Hello guys,
A few weeks ago i had my driverside half shaft replaced. the shop that did the work messed up my abs sensor and a HD tie rod end during the the alignment. I have locking hubs and the hubs have been unlocked until today due to the snow. I notice that when i hit a ice or snow patch I can hear a loud clicking sound. it doesnt happen when on clean tar. It happens when driving straight and when turning but only when a snow or ice. Not sure if it is the passenger side cv or what. there was no clicking before i had the half sahft replaced. any ideas????

thanks

[Y33TREKker]

If there was no noise before the recent work was done, my first idea would be to take it back to that shop and let them figure out what they forgot/did wrong/messed up/etc, that is, if you still want them touching your rig after the alignment problems you experienced.

[MrCrowley]

When this clicking sound occurs, what is your TOD indicator doing? If it is engaging/disengaging rapidly up and down you can hear a "banging" noise sometimes, but if it is truly a "clicking", I would suspect some sort of CV issue. The right or left is for you to figure out.

[etlsport]

do you have skid plates? i had clicking during turns and occasionally over bumps when a torsion bar was touching my skid plate... dont know if this applies here but its one more thing to check for easily

[WiSDoM]

no skidplates yet. i will call the shop tomorrow but i know they will not be happy because that had to redo a bunch of stuff that they f***edup already. thanks

[Y33TREKker]

no skidplates yet. i will call the shop tomorrow but i know they will not be happy because that had to redo a bunch of stuff that they f***edup already. thanks

I wonder what any of them would expect if the same thing had happened to one of their vehicles at another shop?

[WiSDoM]

I got my Vx back today, they could onjly determine the noise was coming from the diff. they told me to take it to the dealership and if it was their install that f***ed it up then they would reimburse me for the work. when they gave me the old half shaft back from the original install it was in pieces. is that normal for the install to have to strip all the guts from the inner cv on the halfshaft? any ideas what could have happened?