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

[thejimrose]

mike if you were here i'd kiss you and make you like it. =)

thanks mang. been pooping bullets all night.

funny [editorializing here] how we put ourselves trough so much self
inflicted agony working on our cars. i am inherently a terrible m
echanic. everything takes 4 times longer than it should, and i
typically have to do everything 3 times [like removing and
reinstalling my k04 4 times before i finally got all the connections
in the right places, oy!].

last night i went from highest high - test drive with the ku4 in, and
HOLY CRAP is it fast. throwing cel's and surging liike crazy, but when
the turbo hits WOO HAH!. it rips. once i get it totally sorted it
outta be a lot of fun. and my car looks really tough with no front
bumper on it. totally mad max. =)

to lowest low when i heard that SNAP sound. and i wanted to pack it
all in and have the car drug to the local real mechanic.

i think thats why i like it, pushes the comfort zone. hopefully i
didnt twist up the tranny or were REALLY going to learn new tricks and
my post-per-month average will skyrocket.

jr

On 8/31/06, mike <mikemk40 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> i wouldn't worry...without the wheel bolts in the
> undoing forces all get transmitted by the little 6mm
> disc to hub retaining screw (or by the retaining rust
> if the screw is missing)
>
> Put the wheel bolts back ing and try again
>
> Mike
>
> --- thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com> 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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> > who i was.
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