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

[amalventano at sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

sounds like you bent outer cv to the point of disengaging it.
Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Wong" <mkii_84@yahoo.com>
To: <tberk@sbcglobal.net>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: Put driveshaft on and also put on axle nut, but still doesn't
move


> What I was doing was replacing my old driveshaft with
> a new remanufactured one just so I could drive it
> around again.  The problem is while, I installed the
> driveshaft(I tightened the triple square bolts) and
> used my breaker bar for the axle nut for the outer CV
> area, when I tried to drive it, it would not move with
> the new driveshaft and would make some noises comming
> from the inner CV, while in gear, I let the car run
> since it did not stall and looked at the driveshaft,
> it was spinning like it was wobbling.  The axle nut
> was not spinning at all.
> --- T Berk <"TBerk "@sbcglobal>,
> UNEXPECTED_DATA_AFTER_ADDRESS@.SYNTAX-ERROR. wrote:
> > 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
> >
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> =====
> -Andrew Wong
> 1984 Black Scirocco
> 1987 White Quantum wagon
>
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