RE: Subject: RE:2wd quattro

["Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com>]

> I did this on my old 4KQ to diagniose a bad wheel bearing. I replaced
> 
> the CV and still had noise so I removed both front half shafts and took
> 
> her for a drive. The wheel bearing niose still showed up going around
> 
> corners and since no CVs were there I determine it must be the wheel
> 
> bearing.
> 
> -----------
> Won't moving the car without the stub axle from the front driveshafts ruin
> the
> wheel bearings?  I thought they need the support.
> 
... I think that you'll see this example quoted in the encyclopedia under
"Self-fulfilling prophecy" ... :-)

Actually the owner's manual for quattros that have a problem being towed
with 2 wheels on the ground state that if there is no other option that the
outer CV's be disassembled and the stub axles re-installed ... perhaps this
is really what Russ did ...

You are correct though Chris, almost everywhere removal of the half shafts
is discussed it clearly states that rolling a car on the bearings without
the stub axle installed even a few feet is likely to damage the bearings.

Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)