CV joint binding? help diagnosing prblm

[vwrocco87@hotmail.com (Brad Sayer)]

I had this same problem on my scirocco over last summer.  Started just as 
you said, and got worse and worse.  I couldn't see anything wrong either.  
Then, pulling into a parking space at work, I heard/felt a huge griding 
vibration and a pop.  Got out of the car only to see the CV bearings rolling 
down the parking lot.  The thing exploded, tearing the boot with it.   Ended 
up gettign the car towed and fixed cause I wasn't near home.  Mechanic told 
me that the old shaft was the wrong size.  Something like a cabrio part # 
and the shaft was just a bit longer than it was supposed to be and put too 
much stress on the joint until it blew

Brad

87 16V


>From: Victor Farren <farrenator@yahoo.com>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: CV joint binding?  help diagnosing prblm
>Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 07:04:33 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Sorry, this is not a rocco, but a 1984 Rabbit gti.
>
>I am driving home last night and I feel a bad
>vibration in the pedals of the car.  The vibration
>gets louder and stronger and almost feels like the
>tire is going to fall off the car, or as if I had a
>really bad flat tire.  I thought: 1) tire was about to
>fall off b/c of loose bolts, 2) control arm was about
>to fall off of car, 3) cv joint was about to fall off
>of trans.  The sound/vibration increases with rolling
>speed.  It also seemed to go away and come back
>intermittenly.
>
>I pulled off the road a couple of times to look under
>the car and check that all the suspension and axle
>shafts were tight and wheel were secure.  Nothing was
>falling off and all looked good :)  I made it home and
>pulled off wheel just to retighten CV joints in case
>any bolts were loose.  Doing this I realized that the
>drivers side inner cv joint was binding.  I can
>usually turn the axle shaft by hand, turning the
>actual axle shaft when the car is in neutral and both
>front tires are off the ground.  There was a definite
>sticking point when rotating the shaft 360 degrees.  I
>had to go to turn the shaft by turning the brake rotor
>so I could get more leverage and get past the sticking
>point.
>
>No doubt I have to get this fixed, but has anyone had
>this experience of a binding cv joint?  Did it create
>this god awful vibration?  Or do I have something else
>(in addition) wrong with the car :)  Damn thing felt
>pretty sketchy.  It sounded like something was banging
>up against the car.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Please respond directly to my email,
>farrenator@yahoo.com since I am on digest mode.
>
>Victor
>
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