shearing bolts and shafts

[amalventano1@comcast.net (Allyn)]

    i've had an outer cv shaft shear, but it was on a storm (geo). obviously it
didnt happen from the extreme high torque of the engine (heh). even funnier is
the fact that the wife was driving. she will never live that one down.
    anyhow, i think its either bad luck or the guy you are using for cv's is
using cheap ones. you arent putting 976234 ft-lbs of torque on that nut, are ya?
Al


----- Original Message -----
From: "The Hitman" <vwscir88@hotmail.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 3:30 PM
Subject: shearing bolts and shafts


>   does vw have a problem using weak metals? for the second time in as many
> months i've sheared off the shaft going into my outer cv joint. when i asked
> about this the first time around noone seemed to have had the happen to them
> before, but now i've done it twice. also noticed my volts were running a
> lil' low on my gauge so i pooped the hood to check the alternator and found
> my belt was loose. why was it loose? the top "adjuster" bolt was shorn off.
> fortunatly i had a spare alternator for a quick swap no i can extract the
> broken bolt at my leisure. but still does anyone else have these kind of
> stupid problems?
>    hit
>
>
>
> So Sayeth The Hitman
> '86 "psycho 16v" scirocco
> '88 "stripe" 16v scirocco
> <http://www.techography.net:82/brettsgarage>
>
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