sick, broke tranny and or differential

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Discussion Starter · Apr 15, 2014

while replacing drive axles on my 03 1.8 tiptronic beetle, I stood on torque wrench to remove 30 mm axle hub nut, wheel was not on ground! I heard something crack. Finished work, started car, shifts into both forward and reverse, can hear tranny shift and spinning, car won't move. Did I break something in tranny-differential, can it be fixed in car. all thoughts and help is greatly appreciated, thank you

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D2Beetle

· #2 · Apr 16, 2014

hnoes:

So, let me see if I got this right, the wheel is off the ground because the car is jacked up and the transmission is in "Park"; then you stand on the torque wrench to use your body weight to break the torque on the axle nut. Did the axle nut come loose before, during or after the "crack" sound?

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esse10

· #3 · Apr 16, 2014

axle nut

Sorry to hear that. Normally you get that axle nut loose while the car tires are still on the ground. You really shouldn't have to put your whole weight on that nut if you use the correct breaker bar, a 25-27" inch breaker bar should do the trick. Harbor freight tools has that bar on sale for about 12-13 bucks.

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RFL

Discussion Starter · #4 · Apr 20, 2014

noise came from tranny area, nut came loose later

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D2Beetle

· #5 · Apr 21, 2014

Off the top of my head and a question; is it possible that you stripped a gear and/or crankshaft key?

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