driveshaft replacement ?

[green536@hotmail.com (Chris DeLong)]

And this little story here kiddies is why buying remanufactured axles is a 
VERY VERY VERY bad idea. Fix the axle you have and spend the $$ on joints 
and boot kits!!




>From: "the hitman" <vwscir88@hotmail.com>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: driveshaft replacement ?
>Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 04:32:08 -0400
>
>replaced the pass. side ball joint and shaft today. the replacement shaft 
>that i got from euclid foreign had a different nut on the end though. the 
>original had a nut then a cotterpin to further secure it from loosening, 
>but the replacement had no/ not made to use a cotterpin. after driving 
>about 50 freeway miles i rechecked and the nut had started to come loose. 
>has anyone else run into this problem after replacing a shaft? if so what 
>was your solution? i'm thinking of either a lil' locktight or trying to rig 
>some kind of cotterpin set-up. tia
>   hit
>
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Chris DeLong
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Seattle, WA USA
'80 16V 'Rocco ragtop
'91 GLi 2.0 16V
'77 Rabbit 16V
'80 'Vert (parting out!)
'61 17 Window type II
'91 Vanagon
'78 Rabbit
'84 Jetta


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