axle replacement 86 jetta

[sharpshooter33 at adelphia.net (David Brown)]

Thanks for the inputs guys (and gals 8-) )  I have to get me another 17mm to 
hold the other side of the ball joint bolt.  Looks like I'm gonna be driving 
the gas guzzler Blazer for  another week I'm back to work until the weekend 
now.  I'll try  to pick up another 17mm on my way to work and give it a try 
with removing the ball joint.

Do I have to mark anything before I remove it?  Looks like it just goes back 
on the same way it came off.

Thanks for all the support and help. If I didn't have somewhere to vent I'd 
probably been out there with a ball bat right now.

I'll keep you guys posted when I get back on it this weekend.  Bad part 
about it is that I can't get the rocco out until it's fixed. It's stuck 
behind it. 8-(

Well at least there's the motorcycle....hey wait that needs brakes. 8-)

Later
David
86 16v rocc - awaiting facial
86 16v turbo rocc - stuck behind Volks Weenie
84 8v rocc - organ donor waiting on time....
86 8v Jetta GLI - Money and time sucker!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John S. Lagnese" <jlagnese@massed.net>
To: "David Brown" <sharpshooter33@adelphia.net>; "scirocco scirocco" 
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: axle replacement 86 jetta


>I always disconnect the ball jont.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Brown" <sharpshooter33@adelphia.net>
> To: "scirocco scirocco" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 3:51 PM
> Subject: Re: axle replacement 86 jetta
>
>
>>I hate cars!
>> Ok the PS side was slow, but I'm stuck with the DS.  I can't get it clear 
>> the Transaxle Flange! everything is loose, but can't get it to push 
>> forward enough to swing free!!!
>>
>> Does removing the Ball Joint give me any more room?  I was looking at it 
>> and trying to figure out how.  I need a 1/4-1/2" and it would just flop 
>> out.
>>
>> Have the wheel turned all the way left.  Hub connection slides in and 
>> out, just can't get enough room to swing the inner out of the flange 
>> downward. Really starting to piss me off this little car is.  I'd rather 
>> be messing around with the rocco instead of jacking around with this 
>> Jetta.
>>
>> Anybody got ideas?
>>
>> Cathy on the gasser vs diesel mine are 100mm did you say his are also? 
>> You can always do the backward lookup. 8-)  Go to parts4vw or autozone 
>> online and type the type vehicles in and see if the numbers come out the 
>> same.   It showed the passanger side of my 84 rocc the same as my 86 
>> Jetta, but left sides were different. HTH
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "C Boyko" <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
>> To: "David Brown" <sharpshooter33@adelphia.net>
>> Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 7:40 AM
>> Subject: Re: axle replacement 86 jetta
>>
>>
>>> On 3:42:38 am 05/08/06 "David Brown" <sharpshooter33@adelphia.net> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> Ok Volks Weenie has a PS axle replacement now.   Didn't have to pull
>>>> the ball joint!  Wasn't much fun, but that side is done.  Will take on
>>>> the driver side tomorrow.  When I got the car up the DS was the one
>>>> with the seperated boot.  Didn't buy that side yet. Go figure.
>>>> Replaced the other one because I was there!
>>>> Cheers
>>>> David
>>>>
>>>
>>> Well congrats on that! My kid sheared off a bunch of lugs doing his, so
>>> does anyone know if the gasser hubs (100mm axle, from an 88 Carat) will
>>> work on the diesel axles? (90mm, 91 POS Jetta). Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> Cathy
>>>
>>>
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