Parts break. Sometimes there are contributing factors, but mostly it's just time and mileage.
-josh --- Adam Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > Note to all. > When driving a lowered car, its very hard to tell > when your CV joints are going bad. > > Well, my Jetta is officially retired until this > summer. Washed, cleaned out, put under a carport. > Driving around 3 weeks ago, I was pulling out to > make a turn and heard a loud 'snap' kinda like a dry > tree branch breaking and then began to get a very > loud sickening knock coming from the front drivers > side... im pretty sure the CV joint has actually > cracked though. When I got it home and pushed it up > my driveway, I heard all kinds of creaks and pops > coming from the same spot. > > I never had a warning, no sound, no humm, no nothin > to let me know the joint was tired. > So needless to say, its parked till dry weather and > money permits me to find out how extensive the > damage was. Till then, Im just pray to god that the > spline isn't damaged. > > The car is lowered 1.25" and im using front and rear > neuspeed sway bars. > does the extra ridgedness added by the sway bars put > any extra strain on the front end in a way that > could cause this? > > Any of you ever have this happen before? > > -Adam > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. ===== Josh Wyte Momentum Motorsports 508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
