Put driveshaft on and also put on axle nut,but still doesn't move

["TBerk " at sbcglobal.net (T Berk)]

Andrew Wong wrote:
> 
> Today I got around to loosening the axle nut slightly
> more than before and putting the bolts of the inner CV
> in, I don't think I tightened it tight enough, the
> axle nut and inner CV bolts because when I started the
> car, and put it in reverse, it did not move still.  I
> looked at the axle and it was spinning like it was
> wobbling.  Any ideas?
> 
> =====
> -Andrew Wong
> 1984 Black Scirocco
> 1987 White Quantum wagon
> 


Hmm,  I need you to describe this again.

There is the transaxle, it connects to the inner CV joint via the
tripplesquare bolts. The Inner CV has one end of the axle stuck into it,
the other end has the Outer CV with it's splines that fit into the hub.

If you have (at least) two or more than of those inner CV bolts in then
the only place you might be able to spin the axle without getting the
wheel to turn is a CV that has the axle pulled out of it, OR you don't
have the axle far enough into the hub.

btw- On my K. Ghia I spun the spines off one of the rear drive axles
because the capture nut on the axle had back out some.

'Splain it again so I can visualize 1. What you had to start with and 2.
what you are doing to try and fix it.


TBerk