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When the bearings go bad things can start to chock around in there... also a problem if someone doesnt get the nut to 250 ft lbs. Once it starts chocking and wearing the problem continues. I fixed mine by replacing everything involved with spares. Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "timothy kuehn" <keen_tj@hotmail.com> To: <type3-d@vwtype3.org> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:36 PM Subject: [T3] axle nut oddity > good day, gents. > > developed an odd rumbling in the rear of my car - so jacked it up, did some > inspecting. the passenger side wheel was moving all over the place - i > could rock it about 1/4", with very little effort. heart sank - figured > i'd trashed a bearing, or snapped a stub axle (done both before, similar > symptoms, expecting the worst). > pulled the wheel off to confirm my fears... and here's what i found, and > why my brow is still skeptically arched, several rumble-free days later. > the castellated nut was very loose on the stub - could wiggle it by hand. > but the cotter pin was still holding it in place. i slipped the pin out , > gave the nut +/- 5 turns before it snugged, then torqued it down. slipped a > fresh pin in place, and away we go. > > but how'd the sucker get loose? something inside the bearing collapsed, > maybe a spacer or some such just disintegrated? > > please advise. > > good day to you all. > > --timmy > '72 square > redondo, ca > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > >