tdi_allan
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Feb 14, 2003
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- TDI
- 2003 Jetta Wagon, 2003 Jetta Sedan (Lemons racer), 2010 Touareg
Unlike a lot of my fellow TDI Clubbers, I farm out work that I can't do due to time/space restrictions. One of those jobs is CV axle removal/rebuilding/replacing. I had the OE axles rebuilt for a second time and installed in late January. All was well, did the winter Lemons Rally in February, and then started commutting ~30 miles round trip per day to a new job.
Fast forward to Friday July 7 - normal acceleration from a stop produced a SNAP and no forward motion. AAA towed me home, and after jacking the car up the passenger wheel spun very freely while the car was in gear. While my fears of transmission or clutch failure were alleviated, it was pretty obvious what happened. Towed back to the shop where I had the axles installed, and this is what they found:
It is likely that these bolts have never been replaced as per Bentley:
All 12 bolts were replaced and the car is operating normally again. Needless to say, I'll be double-checking these as soon as I get a chance (the lift at the shop I share with my racing team is currently occupied by an almost-finished race car...)
Fast forward to Friday July 7 - normal acceleration from a stop produced a SNAP and no forward motion. AAA towed me home, and after jacking the car up the passenger wheel spun very freely while the car was in gear. While my fears of transmission or clutch failure were alleviated, it was pretty obvious what happened. Towed back to the shop where I had the axles installed, and this is what they found:
It is likely that these bolts have never been replaced as per Bentley:
All 12 bolts were replaced and the car is operating normally again. Needless to say, I'll be double-checking these as soon as I get a chance (the lift at the shop I share with my racing team is currently occupied by an almost-finished race car...)
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