question - may have made a major boo boo...

[Joshua van Tol]

I think you just broke the rust bond between the rotor and the hub.  
Put a few wheel bolts in and try again. If your rotor has a small  
screw holding it to the hub you probably sheared that off, but that's  
really only there as a convenience to keep the rotor on the hub and  
aligned until the wheel is on.

So, unless there's something I don't know about the A4, I'd say you  
probably didn't break anything.

On Aug 31, 2006, at 1:10 AM, thejimrose wrote:

> is all i have to say. is dumb. so i was going about the shock + spring
> job on the a4, and forgot to crack the axle nuts [cv boots while im in
> there].
>
> not thinking [ARGH!] i had a buddy step on the brake to put resistance
> on the axle so i could pop the nut. no.. i didnt put the wheel bolts
> back in [argh!]. pass side popped fine, but..
>
> on the drivers side, there was resistance, until something popped..
> and then there was no resistance.axle bolt spins the axle freely. if i
> spin the axle by hand, the other side axle spins, so they are still
> connected. so what did i break?
>
> probably something really expensive inside the transmission / transfer
> case, right?
>
> boy i hope my suspiscion is worng..
>
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