03 Corolla Grinding Noise In Front Wheels/not Moving Options

[DrAquafresh]

03 Corolla-s 139,000 miles,automatic,no abs. I was coming out of a parking lot and there was a slight dip, as soon as I hit the dip, I hear a grinding sound and the car would no longer move. I tried shifting through gears

and got the grinding sound through all except neutral. I have a friend trying to help repair, he was pretty sure it was the front pass. side axel, we replaced, teeth were a bit worn but nothing major and still grinding.

Replaced the hub bearing assembely on that side, still noise and no drive. I had him feel the front right and front left while I shifted through gears and now you can feel vibration in front driver side tire. When I turn the

tire manually i hear a clicking sound, when the tire reaches a certain point. The clicking is only at that point in turning and smooth the rest of the way. I'm figuring it the axel or hub bearing in that side. Prior to this

happening I did hear a clicking sound in the front drivers side tire, I though that it maybe there was a piece of something stuck to the tire. I only heard this noise when driving below 20mph,thinking now that this is the root problem. If anyone has had this happen to them and knows what the cause is, please feel free to chime in. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

[DrAquafresh]

Figured it out..ended up being Left front axel, cv joint broke. Hard to tell, cv boot was not ripped or torn, removed cv boot and parts were broken inside. Also read on another post from another site, when you hear a clicking noise when driving at low speeds or turning, it means the cv joint is going out.

[sonick621]

I can add to this one. My parents had am 04 Corolla. One day while my Dad was driving home from work it started grinding REALLY bad. He diagnosed the problem himself and decided that the transmission needed to be replaced. He told me that he would buy the transmission and if I helped him change it I could just pay him back over time for the parts and the car would be mine. So, after 21 hours and 1 really bad sunburn on my legs (lesson learned: don't wear shorts while working on a car is south texas) the grinding noise was still there. One quick trip to Google and we realized that the problem was not the transmission but it was the drivers side cv joint. He ended up only charging me for the axel since he misdiagnosed. So now I have an 04 Corolla LE with a new transmission and new clutch.
Yea!!!

-Nick