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

[Bud]

Got under the car today and saw the R/H inner cv boot seperated from the 
joint.  I then grabbed the joint and the balls fell out.  I subsequently 
removed the drive shaft and took it back to where I bought it.  They 
gave me another one (under warranty) and said it was odd it would have 
failed like that.  Looked like the cage seperated (failed).

I've got another question.  Since my torque wrench only goes up to 150 
ft-lbs and torquing the nut on the drive spline at the wheel is 195 
ft-lbs, would over torqueing that nut cause a failure?  Reason I ask is 
that I torque it to 150 then use a 4 foot pipe to finalize the torque. 
I don't get too aggressive as I know I have a gorilla grip.

I wouldn't think my torqueing method would cause the inner cv joint to 
fail.  When i first got the car I had to replace several of the boots 
and did the same procedure and it lasted for 65k miles before I heard 
the clicking noise from the cv's and that's when I replaced both sides 3 
months and 3k miles ago.

The other thing I noticed on the reman axel I got today was that it 
looked like it was freshly machined where the last one look like they 
just inspected it and repaired as neccassary (IRAN).

Any way, thanks for all the suggestions.  And above all the safety warnings!

Bud

85 Golf NA
http://www.rhinocat.com/cvaf4u/


Roger Brown wrote:
> Peter wrote:
> 
>>In my experience, CV joints don't usually just "go". They gradually 
>>wear with clicking on full lock, thumping and then both when in the 
>>straight ahead position. I agree that you should put it into gear 
>>with the car chocked and parking brake hard on. Let in the clutch and 
>>see if the drive shafts are spinning. If they are...it's a CV. If 
>>not...Prepare for a transaxle swap!
> 
> 
> I've found the outers do give warning as they wear out, but I have had an inner joint go w/o any warning signs.  Was fine on 
> second then broken the next.  It locked up the passenger front tire and that turned me into the ditch on a gravel road.
>