Great way to start the new year!
 

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Good job I have three other cars in my fleet as backup lol

Not good at all. Whats the issue?

oh dear..
any idea on what happened?
raj

Well I was driving down the motorway and it sounded like a rock had struck the underside of my car. So I got off at the next junction and came to a stop at a set of traffic lights on a bend, went to pull away and bang no drive at all and could hear bits of metal falling on the floor!!

Managed to push the car to a side road so out of danger and walked back to retrieve said pices of metal to see if I could make out what they were!

The pices were the n/s/f driveshaft inner cover smashed in two!

The driveshaft connects to the gear box via a 6 bolt flange, but for some reason there are no bolts any more lol, all six bolts are completely missing not sheered off just missing lol

So ordered correct bolts from audi as the only have 4 in stock (great stock controle) so hopefully very easy fix lol

Sorry to hear. These bolts are supposed to be use once only so you need to replace them every time you undo them. I have seen them come loose on many VAG cars if not replaced. They are either different tread angle for bolt and nut(60&55 degree) or pre-coated with thread-lock so that they do not come loose easily. In my personal experience I never replaced them but always used thread-lock to prevent them coming out and never had any issues.

My thaughts also. I'm expecting them to have a thread lock coating already applied, I have ordered 12 so I can do both sides :)
Will not be here till Tuesday tho so will not be able to do them untill next weekend.

Does anyone know the torque settings for these?

mixed blessing then..
inconvenient but ‘easy’ fix..

Well, I'll keep my fingers crossed for a simple fix.
Good luck.

Thank God it all ended safely.
Nice looking car by the way.

Thanks for the kind replys :)

When somthing like this happens and you loose drive your first thought is GEARBOX lol

Well got the bolts today, no thread lock on them so can anyone recommend which thread lock they have used on the same job?

Won't be able to get under the car untill Saturday morning :(

Elsawin instructions attached - doesn't make mention of threadlock, but something from the Loctite range intended for automotive use will be fine I'm sure :)

You are a star :)

Thanks for taking the time to find that for me, just what I need +++

No worries mate - half the fun is working out the logic of where to find info in elsawin and etka :D

Job done :)
All back on the road, spent more time lining the wheel bolts up fitting the wheel back on than the job it's self lol

Why can't Audi's have disc screws lol

There should be something like this in your tool kit, though fairly common for them to get broken or lost, sure someone on here got a metal one as a replacement?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUDI-A3-8P...item418b3afe52

From memory Mercedes ones are metal and are available on ebay etc for buttons. I've never broken a plastic one so live with it!

Glad to hear all is now fixed. +++

Thanks chaps. Nothing like that in the boot :(
I'll have a look on ebay.
Thanks
James