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pics of the shorn shaft



Hit, what does the hub surface on the inboard side look like?  If not
perfectly clean, flat and burr free you could be putting stress on the
shaft.  Also, check your ID splines in the hub.  I'd replace the hub,
if not the whole carrier.

Ron

--- Dan Bubb <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> Hum...
> I don't get it cause it looks like it's not breaking the spline off,
> which is what I expected, but just pulling the end of the shaft off
> where the retaining clip is.
> So, it's not a twisting force breaking it off, but a tension force.
> Sounds like the inner joint lateral travel is being used up (engine
> not
> in the right place, shaft from the wrong car and a little short??)
> and
> pulling the shaft.
> Really strange.
> Dan
> 
> The Hitman wrote:
> > 
> > posted here
> > 
> > http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=542350
> > 
> > to answer some common questions i've been getting, the axle nut is
> tightened
> > to bentley's torque specs, the motor in the car is a stock 1.8l 16v
> motor,
> > and the shafts came from different suppliers. both shafts broke in
> close to
> > the same spot though.
> > 
> > So Sayeth The Hitman
> > '86 "psycho 16v" scirocco
> > '88 "stripe" 16v scirocco
> > <http://www.techography.net:82/brettsgarage>
> > 
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