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General Information => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: LoneWolf on August 21, 2008, 02:52:16 pm

Title: Anyone else keep destroying cv joints?
Post by: LoneWolf on August 21, 2008, 02:52:16 pm

im onto my third inner joint in a month:S

 its getting to be a real annoyance now, anyone got any ideas?

 its on my '89 Golf GTD and its the gearbox side joint


 thankyou :)

Title: Anyone else keep destroying cv joints?
Post by: jtanguay on August 21, 2008, 03:25:07 pm

are you using lowering springs?

Title: Anyone else keep destroying cv joints?
Post by: zukgod1 on August 21, 2008, 03:35:03 pm

90 Jetta lowered 1.5 front 2" rear same 216000 mile shafts..

Title: Anyone else keep destroying cv joints?
Post by: LoneWolf on August 21, 2008, 11:17:07 pm

im on coilovers, but ive had Golfs lower than this and not had a problem :?

Title: Anyone else keep destroying cv joints?
Post by: Patrick on August 22, 2008, 03:17:41 am

Sounds strange. I've been through some outers over the years, never had an inner go.

Title: Anyone else keep destroying cv joints?
Post by: gigaz2 on August 22, 2008, 03:17:46 am

check that your transmission wasn't swapped for a bigger one in the past, I've had that problem on my other car.
it works ok, but as soon as you drop the car they start braking.

lowering compresses the transmission, if it's already working on the limit...

Title: Anyone else keep destroying cv joints?
Post by: the caveman on August 22, 2008, 10:21:39 am

I had a similar problem with my 89 fox . Kept breaking l/s outer joint. The front shocks were aftermarket [monroe or some other garbage] and so they let the front suspension drop too low, putting too much tension on the joint. Only l/s had a problem even though both sides were the same.
The other thing i would check is to see how straight the shaft is.