View Single Post
  #13  
Old 08-25-2010, 08:27 PM
fruitcakesa's Avatar
fruitcakesa fruitcakesa is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Vermont
Posts: 1,143
Quote:
Originally Posted by roundout View Post
I spent $500 (parts only, I do my own work) replacing axles, wheel bearings, ball joints and completely disassembling and reassembling the brakes on my TDI Jetta chasing a vibe. It turned out to be an out-of-balance wheel. I had the wheels rebalanced initially but it wasn't done properly and the symptom remained.

Start with the cheap stuff and work your way up.

FWIW, I put CVJ axles on my 300D and it cleared up a bunch of vibes both driving and idling in gear. One was so shot that it was binding up. How are your axles?
I had vibe before I replaced both the wheels and tires.
The axles are original, they aren't binding, the boots are uncracked and when my Indy snipped off the clamp on an inner boot, a drizzle of oil started to leak out so we know there is still lube in there and he added some light grease to the outers just for kicks.
__________________
1981 240D 143k 4 spd manual -SOLD

2004 VW Jetta TDI 5 speed 300k -still driven daily
Reply With Quote