Constant Velocity

So yesterday Dad, Brother and I changed the axle shafts on the Jetta. This had to be done because my CV joints were going bad and in these modern times we live in it's really not feasible to just change the joint, so you go for the whole magilla.


Here is the wheel before we started.


Minus the wheel and tire. You can see the axle behind the brake assembly. It's that shaft looking thing underneath that curved bar... looking thing.


Dad hard at work.


Notice the lack of shaft underneath the curved bar... looking thing.


This next one is an "artsy" shot by Brother.


Do you have any grease? Yes, yes I do. Then grease me up woman.


I feel this next shot is way "artsier" than the previous "artsy" shot.


I am not really dejected. I just look that way.


All in all I would say that it was a resounding success. During the course of the day we met a very nice fellow named Tom at O'Reilly Auto Parts that saved us from buying a special tool. All we needed to do was hit her with a hammer and she would break loose.

The one thing that may be a problem is that the old driver side axle had a rubber dampening... looking thing on it and the new axle did not. I believe that because of this I now have a pretty noticeable vibration at about 4000 rpm. But with today's gas prices maybe it's better that I never rev it up that high.