Re: tranny/cv problem?

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@bork.hampshire.edu>]

Huh. I've swapped those axles back and forth many a time, no problems. I wonder
what the difference is. Maybe I put A1 axles in an A2 and never put A2 axles in an
A1, I dunno. Why would VW do that? Just to irritate us? Seems silly to me....
    -Josiah



John Lagnese wrote:

> Hi,
> If you got a Jetta/Golf axle from some ##!!** in a parts store it won't turn.
> The Scirocco axles are slightly more tapered. I just went through this! It had
> me worried that I had messed up. Loosen the axle nut and see if this works. If
> it does, hit the parts guy, i mean bring the axle back.
> John
>
> "POTATO!" wrote:
>
> > i just swapped in an AGB tranny into my car last night, put in a new
> > clutch and put in a set of rebuilt axles
> >
> > after driving it around the parkin lot, (all gears shifted fine) the
> > passenger side wheel locked up and wont budge now.....when jacked up the
> > passenger side wheel will spin freely, but the driver side will not...
> > i'm still able to disengage the clutch and shift gears (which i'm assuming
> > i wouldnt be able to do if the tranny locked up, or am i making a wrong
> > assumption?)....i was too frustrated to try and take the drivers side axle
> > out and see if it was defective.......does this even seem a
> > possibility?....i have snapped several cv's in the past, and know that the
> > differential will continute to spin, but just not move the car.......the
> > car seems like it wants to drive, but the driver side wheel is completely
> > frozen........
> >
> > any ideas?....
> >
> > dave
> >
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