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posted on July 31st, 2004 at 05:31 PM
grr angry
ok our roadsters cv joint in the right rear has been grinding and growling for a while and on inspection has torn boot so i had planned to replace
with a set of spare axle that i had freshly serviced but before i could do it the axle pooped itself(read large clunkk clunkk sound as turning corner)
so stopped car and git towed home (45 dollars later)only to go to change over axles and find that all the hex heads have been rounded and some even
snapped off and just left hanging out of transaxle. the unfortunate reality is that my shed is full of my current project and i am unable to get
roadster in there to try to remedy situation (read grinding flats on to hexs to remove) and can't do it in the street so its off to the vw shop for a
professional solution and serviced cv's and wheel bearings at the same time. The funny thing was when i went to move the car to somewhere the tow
truck could get it easily the clunking noise had dissapeared and it seems to sound fine (although grinding still evident) I AM CONFUSED this learning
about cars business is doing my head in.
