Unlike a lot of my fellow TDI Clubbers, I farm out work that I can't do due to time/space restrictions. One of those jobs is CV axle removal/rebuilding/replacing. I had the OE axles rebuilt for a second time and installed in late January. All was well, did the winter Lemons Rally in February, and then started committing ~30 miles round trip per day to a new job.
Fast forward to Friday July 7 - normal acceleration from a stop produced a SNAP and no forward motion. AAA towed me home, and after jacking the car up the passenger wheel spun very freely while the car was in gear. While my fears of transmission or clutch failure were alleviated, it was pretty obvious what happened. Towed back to the shop where I had the axles installed, and this is what they found:
It is highly likely that these are the bolts that were installed when the car was new in 2002. The Mitchell guide (many shops use this in lieu of having one of every factory manual ever written) did NOT specify the axle bolts as one-time-use, but the Bentley sure does:
Summary: research every repair thoroughly, even if you are not doing it yourself. Make sure parts that need to be replaced are replaced, even over any objection of the person doing the work.
Note that I don't blame either of the shops that have done this work for me over the years - its simply a lack of proper information, and not doing my homework, that caused this to happen (in a relatively convenient place, it could have been on my 1000+ mile trip to get replacement seats...)
Fast forward to Friday July 7 - normal acceleration from a stop produced a SNAP and no forward motion. AAA towed me home, and after jacking the car up the passenger wheel spun very freely while the car was in gear. While my fears of transmission or clutch failure were alleviated, it was pretty obvious what happened. Towed back to the shop where I had the axles installed, and this is what they found:
It is highly likely that these are the bolts that were installed when the car was new in 2002. The Mitchell guide (many shops use this in lieu of having one of every factory manual ever written) did NOT specify the axle bolts as one-time-use, but the Bentley sure does:
Summary: research every repair thoroughly, even if you are not doing it yourself. Make sure parts that need to be replaced are replaced, even over any objection of the person doing the work.
Note that I don't blame either of the shops that have done this work for me over the years - its simply a lack of proper information, and not doing my homework, that caused this to happen (in a relatively convenient place, it could have been on my 1000+ mile trip to get replacement seats...)
The importance of replacing one-time-use bolts
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