Hi all a quick question upon checking the play in my front drive shaft i noticed play. I can move mine in a side ways movent not much ie in and out of the housing. I have No a very very little play in up and down direction. Is this normal? Im pritty sure it has to have a little play due to heat and so on. Any advice or pointer will be good.

They do tend to move a bit I wouldn't be to worried as long as there is no vibrations at speed from the car as that could mean a worn inner cv joint and no knocking or clicking on slow turns as that would mean the outer cv joint could be worn :) 

Thanks for the reply i thought as much. So my drive shafts are good what about the process of cheacking the front diff for damage? Or is it the same ? Knocking and wining turning corners?

Yeah you will get noise clunking is the most common one. Not sure if anyone else has a way of testing there diffs.