Replaced CV half shaft, now wheel is binding...

[Craig D. Niederst]

I compared the old shaft to the new one before I installed it the best I could (the old CV joint was broken completely...i.e. the joint and shaft are in 2 pieces), and they looked identical. It fit just fine when installed, and I could move it in and out of the wheel bearing slightly before I tightened the axle nut.

Craig
'92 100S (101k)
'86 CGT (221k)

----- Original Message -----
From: Joshua Van Tol
Sent: 1/10/2003 12:16:51 AM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Replaced CV half shaft, now wheel is binding...

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> On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 10:36  PM, Craig D. Niederst wrote:
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> > Tackled the replacement of the driver side CV halfshaft this evening
> > on the CGT. Everything went pretty smoothly (axle nut came off easily,
> > all 6 triple square bolts came out no problem). Installed the new
> > shaft, tightened up the 6 triple square bolts, dropped the car to the
> > ground and torqued the axle nut to the torque specified in Bentley
> > (167 ft/lb). When I lifted the car back off the ground, I could hardly
> > budge the wheel (tranny out of gear). If I back the axle nut off a
> > couple of turns, the wheel spins freely. Any clue to why the wheel is
> > binding? The wheel spun freely before the CV shaft was replaced. TIA.
> >
> Probably the new CV isn't the right one, and is contacting the back of
> the spindle. Pull the new shaft, and compare it to the old one. I'll
> bet they're different.
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