Re: Tighten _all_ the bolts

["Mark Madison" <markie@proaxis.com>]

Man, I don't know how many times I have wanted to kick
my own ass for the same stupidity.
I once had an inner CV drop off on the freeway and drag
for about 400 feet...
talk about ruining a CV.
imagine what a dumbass it must have taken to have
a CV drop off and drive axle drag?

Mark


-----Original Message-----
From: Brett Van Sprewenburg <brett@netacc.net>
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: Thursday, May 13, 1999 2:28 PM
Subject: Tighten _all_ the bolts


>
>So I finally figured out what some of the wierd road vibration I've
>been getting in my "99" Scirocco (if you know what I mean).  I can
>now diagnose what a loose control arm feels like...like I mean
>both rear 15mm nuts finger tight and ready to fall off...like
>the 22mm front bar was doing more to hold the rear of the control
>arm still then the mounting bolts...bleech.  Drove 1,500 miles
>like that, smart eh?  Generates a bizzare sort of vibration on
>the highway also (which I mistakenly attributed to my hefty 2L).
>
>So the next time you have a huge part of your car apart, double
>check all the bolts.  The funny thing is that I didn't drive
>the car today, because it was pretty much out of gas, and I was
>out of money.  I took the winter Scirocco instead, loaded with
>my 2 sons (3 year old & a 4 month old)...I doubt the control
>arm would have made it to work with me today since the nuts were
>only on by a couple of threads at this point (had to stick my
>finger inside the nut to touch the tip of the stud).  I figured
>it out when I took the car around the block for some gas tonight,
>and I heard a soft clunk pulling out of my driveway, and the
>steering was a bit sloppy...then I suddenly remembered _not_
>tightening that clamp.  Could have been a tragic end to this story...
>
>Double check the important stuff.
>
>==Brett
>
> \/  '84 Scirocco (ITB racer 2B) | "Hot VW's, take two home. They're small"
>\/\/ '88 Scirocco 16v (Show), '85 Scirocco (Winter) | - brett@netacc.net
>
>
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