Re: Drive Axle Question

["Allyn" <amalventano1@home.com>]

Colin,
If the shop that rebuilt the tranny threw in a different tranny, they may
have swapped the driveshafts to match the other tranny.
As far as differenced between 90 and 100 mm axles, sont worry about the
lenght, its not an issue in your case. Especially if there already were
100's on there and it worked fine already.
Al

Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
87 Rieger GTO Scirocco 16v (daily driver, 170k, rocco #6) running - for now
87 Jetta 8v Wolfsburg 2dr (daily driver, 260k, 0 rattles, original clutch,
driveshafts, wheels :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin" <cwass99@home.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 9:41 PM
Subject: Drive Axle Question


> Hi,
>      I picked up the new drive axles this morning, have to take them back
> Monday.  Turns out the flanges on my 8v are not what the book says they
should
> be, specifically I need the axles with the larger diameter CV on the
inside.
> According to the books at my parts supplier, the flanges I have are
actually for
> a 16v, being the 100mm variety.  My question is, is the book wrong or were
the
> flanges changed at some point when I wasn't looking?
>      I'm concerned because we're going with the 16v drive axles, and I'm
going
> to get really cranky if they're the right size at the flanges but the
wrong
> length or something equally silly.  Are there 8v driveaxles with the 100mm
CV
> joints?  Is that actually stock or is there more to my car than I thought?
>      Just for background, it's extremely unlikely the flanges have been
> changed.  I bought the car in '90 (it's an 87) from a dealership, had
about 40k
> on it, so I would guess the transaxle hadn't been played with too much at
that
> point.  Since then, I know I haven't changed the flanges.  The transaxle
was
> rebuilt about a year ago, but that was for 2nd and 5th gears, the diff was
fine.
>      Thanks for any help.
>
> Cheers,
> Colin
>
>
>
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