freakin' drive shaft!!!!

[Scirocco-Al" <scirocco-Al@insight.rr.com (Scirocco-Al)]

I exploded one of the cages and a few of the balls when my old tranny locked
up.  It came out in 2 parts.

Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Hitman" <vwscir88@hotmail.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 4:07 PM
Subject: freakin' drive shaft!!!!


on my way home from getting my alignment dine yesterday i go to make a left
turn and hear what sounded like a balloon popping. then when i gave the car
gas it didn't move, and all i hear is the tell-tale spinning of a broken/
dislodged drive shaft. so after waiting 1 1/2 hours for the aaa guy to show,
i get the car towed back to the shop, pull off the wheel and find that the
drivers side shaft snapped clean in 2, causing the boot to explode.
fortunatly i have spares here, and about an hour later was on the road
again, didn't even have to mess up the new alignment. but has anyone elses
shaft ever shorn in two? it seems to me like they should be tougher then
that.
   hit



So Sayeth The Hitman
'86 "psycho 16v" scirocco
'88 "stripe" 16v scirocco *for sale*
<http://www.techography.net:82/brettsgarage>


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