mrrhtuner
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Mar 29, 2011
- Location
- London Ont Canada
- TDI
- 2003 Jetta Wagon TDI, 2015 Passat TDI, 2015 Touareg TDI
Hello all,
My MK4 alh wagon had the transmission dogbone mount come loose last spring and unfortunately I drove around with the car for a few weeks in this state while I could make time to fix it. When I did fix and install a new mount (dogbone - trans to sub-frame), I drove a few days and noticed I had a 'clicking' develop when driving straight.
The clicking is not from the swaybar and from what I could tell, only happens when driving straight. The clicking has progressively gotten worse so I parked the car, yet again.
I want to get this sorted and fix this issue and I believe that my drivers side axle has developed this problem but I want to be 100% certain before I order a replacement axle (OEM). My current drivers axle was rebuilt by myself maybe 15-20k ago with GKN joints and boots from IDparts. I feel that the continuous movement by the engine with the dogbone mount faulty has possibly caused this problem with my axle.
Does anybody have a way on how I could test the axles prior to taking them off of the car? I'd like to figure out which one is the cause of my issues and order an OEM replacement.
Thank you!
My MK4 alh wagon had the transmission dogbone mount come loose last spring and unfortunately I drove around with the car for a few weeks in this state while I could make time to fix it. When I did fix and install a new mount (dogbone - trans to sub-frame), I drove a few days and noticed I had a 'clicking' develop when driving straight.
The clicking is not from the swaybar and from what I could tell, only happens when driving straight. The clicking has progressively gotten worse so I parked the car, yet again.
I want to get this sorted and fix this issue and I believe that my drivers side axle has developed this problem but I want to be 100% certain before I order a replacement axle (OEM). My current drivers axle was rebuilt by myself maybe 15-20k ago with GKN joints and boots from IDparts. I feel that the continuous movement by the engine with the dogbone mount faulty has possibly caused this problem with my axle.
Does anybody have a way on how I could test the axles prior to taking them off of the car? I'd like to figure out which one is the cause of my issues and order an OEM replacement.
Thank you!