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freakin' drive shaft!!!!
- Subject: freakin' drive shaft!!!!
- From: vwscir88@hotmail.com (The Hitman)
- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 05:11:15 -0400
it broke just in front off or maybe just inside the outer boot, and when it
snapped the boot "turned inside out". the bearing cage is still intact.
maybe just a weak shaft a the added stress of a lowered suspension was too
much?
>From: Robbie Cotner <robw_z@yahoo.com>
>To: The Hitman <vwscir88@hotmail.com>
>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: freakin' drive shaft!!!!
>Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 13:13:17 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>you mean it broke on the shaft in between the two boots? I had my inner
>shaft break because I rebuilt it wrong, the internals snapped, but other
>than that nothin-
>Rob
> The Hitman wrote: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
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>
>So Sayeth The Hitman
>'86 "psycho 16v" scirocco
>'88 "stripe" 16v scirocco *for sale*
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So Sayeth The Hitman
'86 "psycho 16v" scirocco
'88 "stripe" 16v scirocco *for sale*
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