RE: Scirocco revs, but doesn't go

[Jonas Karlsson <jkarlsso@metabolex.com>]

That definitely sounds like one of your driveshafts is not "working," 
especially since the speedo needle moves. If the speedo needle moves, 
then the differential is turning and somewhere between the diff. and the 
wheels is where the problem is. I've heard of CV's giving up their ghost 
in an explosion of sharred metal, during acceleration while turning, but 
never by pulling on it. If that's the case, then I'd count yourself 
lucky that it didn't leave you stranded in the middle of nowhere. 

Both front wheels were on the ground, right?

Put in that new (remanufactured?) CV (driveshaft?) and see if it fixes 
the problem. 

let us know either way. 

Jonas
85 Scirocco






ben rogowski wrote:
>Well, the honeymoon is over.  I've had my 79 for just over a 
>month now, and
>I knew a $700 car wouldn't last forever before something broke.  
>I can put
>the car in any gear, step on the gas, watch the speedo spin and 
>hear the
>engine rev, but I get no forward motion.  I suspect that it is 
>the passenger
>side inner CV, because when I replaced the wheel bearing last 
>night and
>pulled the axle out of the hub, I could feel the joint come 
>apart.  Kind of
>like a dislocated shoulder, because the boot was still bolted to 
>output
>flange, but the axle shaft was flailing about, and not spinning 
>the tranny
>when I twisted it.  My question here is what has caused this 
>event to
>transpire, and if a new CV joint doesn't fix the problem what do 
>I look at
>next?
>
>Thanks to all,
>
>Ben R.
>
>
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