shearing bolts and shafts

[bwagner@nissandiesel.com (bwagner@nissandiesel.com)]

Brett take a pic of this for reference. I would like to see this, and no I
have never sheared an axle.

It almost sounds as if the engine and transaxle are not lined up properly
causing undue stress.



Brian Wagner - Senior Manager, Sales Administration
Phone - 972-756-5533
Fax - 972-550-1255 

-----Original Message-----
From: The Hitman [mailto:vwscir88@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 2:30 PM
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: shearing bolts and shafts


  does vw have a problem using weak metals? for the second time in as many 
months i've sheared off the shaft going into my outer cv joint. when i asked

about this the first time around noone seemed to have had the happen to them

before, but now i've done it twice. also noticed my volts were running a 
lil' low on my gauge so i pooped the hood to check the alternator and found 
my belt was loose. why was it loose? the top "adjuster" bolt was shorn off. 
fortunatly i had a spare alternator for a quick swap no i can extract the 
broken bolt at my leisure. but still does anyone else have these kind of 
stupid problems?
   hit



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


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