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

[Roger Brown]

Bud wrote:
> 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).

I doubt that the axle nut can be torqued too much, within reason.  I used to have a 250 ft-lb. wrench, but it broke, so I use a 
hillbilly torque wrench.  Put a breaker bar on the nut, then stand on the bar about a foot from the nut, assuming you weigh 
about 190 lbs, that is pretty close.  Vary the distance for your weight.  The inner joint does not see the axle nut torque, 
assuming you leave the vehicle on the ground, and have someone hold the brakes on.


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    Roger