[Vwdiesel] HELP - WHEEL FELL OFF !!!

[James Hansen]

Y'know Rolf, the circlip is tricky to get in properly, but that's no 
excuse to not do it right when someone is paying you to do it..
If it is coming off, that is the only thing it can really be.

And speaking as a long time wrenchbender, the grease all over the damn 
thing screams sloppy.  Dirt everywhere, not washed off to check for 
leaks, hell man, I do better than that working on a broken down piece of 
farm machinery in the rain, out in the field laying in mud.  sloppy, 
sloppy, sloppy. tsk tsk tsk.

Lawyers can't fix for beans, don't take it there, they charge too much, 
then write you ten page letters describing why the job isn't done on 
time, and why it costs so much more than quoted.  They charge per page 
on the letters too.

-james

Rolf Pechukas wrote:
> OK, so several days after my mishap (http://93ev.4u2bu.org/ 
> wheeloff.html), everything supposedly repaired, I'm highway driving  
> and tranny starts popping out of 5th gear
> hmmm
> I hold it in and keep going (tight schedule)
> I stop at a light, try to go from 1st, and nothing
> no engagement
> I push van to side of road and look under
> driver's side axle, the one they just replaced, is pulled away from  
> transaxle again
> tranny fluid leaked out, etc
> 
> trying to figure out:
> 
> - what they did wrong (circlip not installed? drive flange not  
> examined, maybe damaged? something misaligned? what'd they miss ??)
> 
> - what do I do now? any way to hold axle in somehow, just so I can  
> get myself somewhere useful? get AAA'd back home? grrrr
> I had called the mechanic when they were doing the work with all my  
> list of tips and suggestions and make-sure-to's from all my cyber  
> buddies and he wouldn't even listen - "we're all over it" he said
> 
> yeah, well
> my tranny fluid is all over the side of the road now
> 
> anyway, any further hints very much appreciated
> (writing this from inside the van where I just happen to have  
> wireless internet from a nearby motel
> bless the information age)
> 
> thanks all