got a flatbed ride home today need help
#1
got a flatbed ride home today need help
Okay so I took the a4 (96 2.8q 5 spd) for a ride today for the first time in a couple days. After I got it jumped and running (not sure why the batt died). I went to the store and I did notice a slight grinding when I took off. I did not hear it again by the time I got to the store.
I left the store no noise, made one more stop. No noises when I left. Got to the traffic light and stopped. When the light turned green, I hear the grinding noise and the car will not move. Will not move forward or backwards. I will not be able to get to it until after the weekend.
Any ideas where I should start looking?
thanks all
I left the store no noise, made one more stop. No noises when I left. Got to the traffic light and stopped. When the light turned green, I hear the grinding noise and the car will not move. Will not move forward or backwards. I will not be able to get to it until after the weekend.
Any ideas where I should start looking?
thanks all
Last edited by 96whitea4; 12-05-2012 at 05:40 PM.
#5
All the power is "distributed" to the broken axle if I'm not mistaken. Which is why AWD has awesome grip/traction and does well in the snow. 4WD is different in that it distributes power to all the wheels, so if one is off the ground or the axle breaks, you're still able to move.
Last edited by Skythe; 12-05-2012 at 07:19 PM.
#6
Yep, I stripped a CV spline in the hub and it stopped. I think, though, that the speedometer showed speed as I gassed it and it didn't move, since the internals were still turning, just nothing getting to the ground.
#7
i have done regular axles in fwd american cars plenty of times. Hopefully this will not be much different or much more difficult. I will get under it tomorrow in the daylight and see whats goin on. Is there one axle that has more of a tendency than the others to go?
thanks for all the input everyone.
thanks for all the input everyone.