hi
it was the outer, ns cvjoint. I knew it was on its way out, and has been for a while (too long). It was already booked into the garage for this morning to have it replaced.
It had been knocking and clicking and tapping for a while, put got a lot worse over the last week. I had just driven up to get some bits for my mates car, and on the way home the wheel started voilently pulling to one side and shaking. I stopped thinking the joint had smashed, and had a look. It was still connected. So i carried on to my mates house, turned into his road and went to put some power down (i was driving like a fairy so not to break it!) and it went clunk very loudly and totally lost drive.
After insepcting it with more light, the shaft was still seated in the joint, just not connected to anything anymore. It made a horrendous noise under-tow, but the garage was less than a mile away, so towed it up there last night and dropped the keys off this morning and had a quick chat. New driveshaft on order, hehe
Its annoying.. out of our lil trio of petrol heads, all 3 cars are off the road now. Mine with this problem, gexs with various bits (but should be back after a month today!) and vivs smart car which he lost the back end of at 60mph on a bend and put us up a kerb and into a hegde backwards!
Found this bit on the floor where my cinq came to rest after loosing drive: