rear sway bar link...
pretty simple fix. if that's it. I would think if the rear was looked at this would have been spotted though.
could also be the e-brake hardware inside the rear rotors.
and since reading your sig, I see new links, lets just cross that off the list...
the cv's will make a racket when they are failing, but I'd not swap them... CVJ rebuilds are quality recommends here...

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Thanks for the reply.

I jacked up the back of the car and moved the wheels around.. the half-shafts seemed solid on both sides, but it did seem a little more squirrely on the drivers side.

I forgot to mention that there is a horrible clanging noise coming from the same side as the limp. It happens when I go over bumps, etc. It sounds like someone is back there slamming a wrench around.

check rear sub-frame bushings and trailing arm bushings. they maybe dry and cracked or impacted. I had a car that would make weird noises from one side in the rear by turning sharp or braking hard. It was sub-frame bushing.