I believe those had a 5 spd GM transmission in them, my guess is he’s talking about the tranny.

Fingers crossed that isn’t your issue - though they do sound similar unfortunately.

If the boots are in good shape I agree probably not the CV, I guess I would start by thoroughly inspecting the heat sheild and then maybe getting the front end in the air and taking a stethoscope to that side driveline all the way to the diff while someone slowly turns that wheel.

May also take it back to your mechanic and see if he can put it back on the lift and using a transmission jack, or something similar, slowly raise that control arm to load that side and see if he can duplicate the sound.


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