[Vwdiesel] Future Outlook

[Stephen Kraus]

Thing is I have had the CV joints check and the ball joints, all have been
freshly lubed and the ball joints replaced (I had this popping symptom
before the ball joint on the right side completely failed) And its still
present

On Dec 18, 2007 12:01 PM, James Hansen <jhsg at sasktel.net> wrote:

> impossible.
> Your diff will not fail only in first gear.
> It will whine like a mother-in-law in all gears, and when you vary the
> load the sound will change, but no way will it make noise only in one
> gear and not the others.
>
> What you describe sounds more like CV joints.
>
> It's very common during early winter for old grease to get stiff and not
> lube the joints, and all the CV joint problems start to show up.
> -james
>
> Stephen Kraus wrote:
> > I recently wrote about a popping that occurs when coming from a stand
> still
> > to speeding up in first, and from the responses of most of the list it
> has
> > been determined that the differential is failing, causing is to make a
> > grinding noise in first gear when driving uphill or when starting from
> 1st
> > fast (it does not occur in 3-4-5 gears, and only occassionally in 2nd
> gear)
> >
> > How long will the differential last without replacement? I have a steady
> > well paying job and am determind to keep my 1989 Jetta Diesel alive no
> > matter what.
> >
>



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