freakin' drive shaft!!!!

[vwscir88@hotmail.com (The Hitman)]

it broke just in front off or maybe just inside the outer boot, and when it 
snapped the boot "turned inside out". the bearing cage is still intact. 
maybe just a weak shaft a the added stress of a lowered suspension was too 
much?


>From: Robbie Cotner <robw_z@yahoo.com>
>To: The Hitman <vwscir88@hotmail.com>
>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: freakin' drive shaft!!!!
>Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 13:13:17 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>you mean it broke on the shaft in between the two boots?  I had my inner 
>shaft break because I rebuilt it wrong, the internals snapped, but other 
>than that nothin-
>Rob
>  The Hitman wrote:on my way home from getting my alignment dine yesterday 
>i go to make a left
>turn and hear what sounded like a balloon popping. then when i gave the car
>gas it didn't move, and all i hear is the tell-tale spinning of a broken/
>dislodged drive shaft. so after waiting 1 1/2 hours for the aaa guy to 
>show,
>i get the car towed back to the shop, pull off the wheel and find that the
>drivers side shaft snapped clean in 2, causing the boot to explode.
>fortunatly i have spares here, and about an hour later was on the road
>again, didn't even have to mess up the new alignment. but has anyone elses
>shaft ever shorn in two? it seems to me like they should be tougher then
>that.
>hit
>
>
>
>So Sayeth The Hitman
>'86 "psycho 16v" scirocco
>'88 "stripe" 16v scirocco *for sale*
>
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So Sayeth The Hitman
'86 "psycho 16v" scirocco
'88 "stripe" 16v scirocco *for sale*
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