[Vwdiesel] Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] 85 VW Golf NA - No Go

[Roger Brown]

Bud wrote:
> When I turned left into a parking lot I heard a clunk and the engine no 
> longer engaged the drive wheels.  So I coasted into a spot.  I tried 
> shifting into different gears and the car still doesn't move.  When I 
> let the clutch out I hear a low rumbling/growling noise.
> 
> I just put in remanufactured drive shafts about 3k miles ago, does this 
> sound like a cv joint failed?
> 
> There's tranny fluid in the gear box, not sure what I should check next. 
>    The car has 182k miles on it.  Maybe a new clutch?
> 
> Thanks,
> Bud

Reach down and grab the front half shafts, see if you can feel any up-down play.  If so, at least one CV joint may have gone, or 
it may have been just the bolts loosened up and fell out of one flange.

-- 
    Roger