My MOT test is due and a menacing noise has appeared, just 2 days ago,
Under acceleration no noise
Under braking no noise
When freewheeling - in gear or not in gear, engine on or engine off, I get a grinding noise from up front like a bearing noise

At very slow speed less than 1 mph I can sometiimes make the car go clunk, clunk, clunk as I move very slowly with the wheel turned.

I thought it would be a CV joint, but I've been under the car & I find no play in any of the 4 CV joints, I'm no expert but there's no noticeable play.

The only noise I get when under the car (front on axle stands) is a small clunk sound from the gear box when I rock either front wheel back and forth. but I would have thought that was normal.

Surely it has to be CV joints, but how to check this please?

Will this pass the MOT like it is? As I’d like to get that out of the way and then fix this problem without the hassle of the MOT needing doing.

Any ideas what the problem might be?

Previously the gear linkage on this car got stiff for 1st & 2nd (for months), but I realigned it 2 weeks ago - coincidence?

Also during the snow and ice when wheel spinning there was a few occasions when I had a clunk from the driveshaft/gear box due to the wheel spinning.

Thanks