Ok, long story short. Car is finally driveable, started the motor, went for the 1st test drive...

I depress the clutch and move a whole damn 2ft and I snap my axle.

now tell me

<U>WTF did i do wrong</U>

 

depressed how fast and how high of a rev?

 

I slipped the clutch, just like I normally would. Rpm's were anywhere from 1k-1.5k. I was pulling out of the garage.

I'll get pic's on monday morning.

 

wrong axles?

 

whats the set up?

 

its all that torque our motors have you gotta be careful

 

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Rebuilt stock d16y7 in an EG hatch. I'm assuming my the reason it broke was because it was too short???

When we put the axle in the boots were a bit tighter then normal but nothing too bad. The axle was clipped in and the spindle nut was tight and torqued

 

sounds to me like they were separated before you put them in. how did you remove them?if the joint is separated the boot will be tighter and as soon as you put some force on them it will let go completely. let us know how you removed them

 

I didn't take them out of the car, a friend gave me two sets of axles...

 

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Kick his *** for giving you those

 

Here's the damage:

 

that sucks. your homie gave you some faulty parts. but next time just check and see if all the joints are still intact before installing., looks like the clip for the boot came loose and everything just came out

 

How do you check to make sure that ***** in place and it wont do this again/???

 

just go to an auto parts store they have a lifetime waranty real cheap so u dont hvae to worry

 

$60 autozone w/ lifetime warranty

btw, I think I found the problem

The driver side caliper was stuck open. The hub/wheel was locked.

Could this be the problem?

 

that axle was already on its last leg

 

your friend just owned you

 

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my friends old y7 ate axles and trannys for lunch. lol good luck with the fix