Did I just mess up my cv joints?

Wont bother the cv joints but it's your brakes are probably clicking.

 

Or bearings?

 

do not know, that's all I got.

 

Driving with wheel nuts lose won’t affect the CV-joint or wheel bearing. So either there’s something weird wrong with your brakes, you did damage something while doing the work, or the noise was there before the brake job and you just didn’t pay attention to it.

 

I missed how many miles the car has so yeah it may need cvs. At that mileage there way past end of life.
Check the boots look for cracks look for signs of cv joint grease being slung onto chassis and then grab them and pull on them real hard and see how loose they are.
Also look for trans fluid leaking or weeping out of inner cv joint seal where it enters the diff. That's sign of wore inner joint.
At that mileage it will be a lot of whack a mole parts replacement.

 

I was going suggest tightening the wheel nuts.

It's actually good that you asked the question and posted the end result.

You are not the first (or last) person to do this. We are all human, and it's good to remind people that sometimes the solution is quite easy.

 

Yeah, I once sent my son on his way with lug nuts just snugged, as best we could with the car in the air. It was better than finger-tight, but nowhere near torque spec. Phoned him later in the day when it dawned on me. He just got out the emergency wrench and did the best he could, no harm. Whew!

 

The first set lasted 200k miles... so it's highly unlikely you'll ever have the opportunity to take advantage of that warrantee. But still seems like a wise purchase.

 

Ah, the old "loose lug nut ploy!" I was going to suggest that, but you beat me to it. When I lived on the island of Roatán, I came home one day to find our radio station manager's Nissan Patrol sitting on the side of the road by our driveway with both left brake rotors on the ground. One wheel was next to the vehicle. The other one was being hauled out of the ocean by a friendly neighbor. Ever try jacking up an SUV that has no wheels on one side? He had just gotten new tires. So when I use the expression, "the wheels came off," I know what I'm talking about. From then on, I always double check my own work when I have a wheel off and if someone else does it, I triple check it.

 

Yeah, that could be interesting. My wife's cousin lives in England and has a left hand drive SUV (Explorer, I think), and hubby has a right hand drive. They say their windshield wipers get almost as much use as their turn signals.

The Patrol was a diesel and was a pretty good truck, but it had a nasty habit of warping the head and blowing the gasket. Said manager had a tiny leak in the turbocharger and wasn't very good at monitoring his coolant level. My little 4-door '98 Frontier diesel wasn't as powerful (no turbo), but was rock solid dependable. After 221,000 kilometers it still didn't burn or leak any oil. Friend who worked on them said that was the best engine Nissan ever made. Only thing I ever did was replace the alternator and have it in the body shop about once a year for rust abatement. (One of the joys of island life.) And change the oil now and then.

But we digress ... again.