I've never had a CV fail (okay, I did break one during a burn-off in the spyder) until this year.
This year, we've replaced 3 CV joints on three seperate cars.
None of them made a clicking noise. One made a thumping noise, one made an odd sensation during a turn - like tugging on the wheel with no noise of any kind, and the third made a crisp metallic popping sound when you moved the transmission from park to drive or when you went over a bump.
Weird noises like you describe are in my humble opinion usually one of these three things.
1. Wheel Bearing
2. CV
3. Tire
Of course, you're Randy - if there's something especially painful $$ wrong - it's probably wrong on your car!
angela