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Alright, heres the backstory to my problem.. otherwise jump to the end

6 months ago after i took my baby in for servicing, i was told that on my drivers side the CV joint had a broken seal of some sort (cant recall), which could damage the joint in the future, but atm it was fine. They then offered to replace it at no charge because my car was under warranty at their dealership. Great! I happilly accepted.

A few hours later, i come back and they tell me that the new CV joint has an ABS ring on it and the car makes scraping noises when it runs. They offer to give it back to me as it is, and the moron mechanic even says 'Hey, just crank ur music up loud and u wont be able to even hear it!'

Appaled by all this, i refuse to take the car back until its fixed. They say I'll have to pick it up the next day, and offer me a complimentary car, a Holden Commodore (kinda like the Pontiac GTO but only at around 200hp .
I think Wicked, what great service! I get to cruise around in this quicker, more comfortable ride for a night!

Anyways, i come back the next day, and get told everyting is fine as they have 'knocked the ABS ring off the joint' and it's ok now. I grab my keys happily and walk to the car and notice a missing hubcap on my rear wheel (this really pisses me off as they have already broken my 1st original Toyota set of hubcaps the previous service which i was never able to buy replacements for.. but i just ignore it)

I start driving off, and I'm in a rush to get home and to work.. when i start noticing a slight humming noise from that side at all speeds, and it hasnt gone away ever since! I thought to myself, stuff it, ill get it fixed at my next service. I went back a week ago and they said it was fine!

Is this CV joint not meant for my car, can u just 'knock the ABS off' the CV joint? And could they have damaged something by driving around with the ABS ring on? The noise isn't too loud but its hard to accept when there was no noise prevously. Man i hate mechanics.

they should have just replaced the whole axle.