Bad CV Joint?

[ShamShield]

So I was on my way home and I noticed a screeching coming from the driver's side front. I figured it was something to do with the control arms, I had just replaced all my front control arms, sway bar end links, TRE's, and wheel bearings. I thought maybe something had just come loose. About 5 minutes from home all sounds ceased. Everything sounded okay. I got home and saw grease all over the drivers side front wheel and the wheel well. The outer CV joint boot ripped and the clamp had come off. I think maybe I may just need to replace the boot, but I'm not sure. Anybody have some guidance for me? Thanks in advance.

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Forgot to mention, I have a 2003 Audi A4 Quattro 1.8T

[JKCutler3]

Mine have been ripped for a couple months now.

[Sauci]

Given that it just happened and you haven't been driving on it letting it wear without being greased, you should be fine just replacing the boot

[ShamShield]

Given that it just happened and you haven't been driving on it letting it wear without being greased, you should be fine just replacing the boot

I thought so, just wanted some second opinions first. Thanks!

[ShamShield]

I have a quick update. So I replaced the outer boot using a Rein boot kit from ECS. Took the joint apart, de-greased everything, put it back together, added a pack of joint grease, and clamped the boot onto the joint. Took her for a test drive and I'm still getting a squeaking noise when I turn right. I'm thinking maybe the grease needs time to work it's way in to any small cracks that didn't get greased when I added it in? I'm not getting any adverse effects while driving, it's just a little noisy.

[DJHoro]

Have you checked brakes and calipers?

[ShamShield]

Have you checked brakes and calipers?

I doubt the brakes are the issue if I'm only hearing squeaking when turning to the right. No noise while turning left. No squeaking or noise while braking.

[Sauci]

Did you properly torque all your lugs? I had some one sided squeaking and one of the wheels was just slightly loose

[ShamShield]

Did you properly torque all your lugs? I had some one sided squeaking and one of the wheels was just slightly loose

Yeah I made sure all lugs were torqued to spec. I'm starting to think the joint itself may be going bad. I inspected the joint when I took it apart and it seemed okay but I can't think of anything else that could be causing the noise.

[ShamShield]

So I think I may have found the culprit. I did some searching around and found a post from someone saying they were having similar issues and it was their brake rotor rubbing against the shield (not sure of the actual name) behind it. I remember bending it a bit when I was doing my front control arms. Looked at it today and I could see a mark where it looked like the rotor might have been making contact with it. I bent it back and the squeaking is still there but it has definitely gotten better. I'm going to play with it a little more and see if I can solve it.