halfshaft #3

[im faster]

WTF.... i was just driving off base and my CV joint broke... i checked it earlery in the day ... and i pushed the half shaft back into the tranny i dont know what the deal is

 

[pneumo]

probly your motor mounts are bad and the motor is flopping around when you get on it which pulls on the shaft. I saw a guy had a cracked subframe that did the same thing.

 

[im faster]

yup motor mount on that side is trashed..... how hard are the to change??

 

[project_tsi]

The side mouts are not hard to change at all. The front and rear are the hard ones. For me anyways. Might as well just get some prothanes.

 

[im faster]

point me to some instructions on how to change a motor

 

[Omega]

Not that you need to remove the engine to change axles or mounts, but here you go..

http://www.vallotton.com/engineremovala.asp

 

[im faster]

i lied it is this the fromt bottom mount its a non turbo car so how hard is this gonna be or should i just pay someplace to do it......btw if you wanna know how to change a halfshaft i ca do it in less than 45 min.

 

[Omega]

The front bottom is the easiest. Support the engine by the trans, lift it a little and unbolt.

You might need to have a shop press out the bushing sleeve if you don't feel like fussing with it, but it's fairly simple. Search for how to do it.

 

[pneumo]

To remove the front motor mount, it's easiest to remove the center beam that it's bolted to. Just remove the two bolts at the front of the beam, three bolts at the back, and take out the MM bolt. That's it.

Are the other MM still original? I'm sure they're all blown out if they are. Use a prybar or big screwdriver and push on the mounts to see if the rubber is still holding everything in place. If you can get a mount to hit the edges easily, it's blown.