I **** cv axles.

[DGNeo]

Had to replace my first pair last month. $1200 or so. /cry.

[Duby_1.8t]

op call marty @ raxles.

ive been through 15+ until i called him

or there is a way we vw 1.8t guys mod the inner cup on the oem axles to make for no binding. ive done it multiple times for friends so i know that works too

[Zack01GC]

At least you guys have them commonly available, I need both of the rears for my car and have only found them at three places (new), and a few more that were reman'd. Not widely out there, I think maybe 2 of them on eBay total.

[lowly-pirate]

I'm not just tearing the boots I'm pulling the inner joint completely out of the socket. Its literally flopping around. Now since I've been on air I haven't broken them like that but I'm on my third OEM pass. side in under a year.

The car is auto so the pass. side is shorter then the driver's side. Its possible to raise the motor in a FWD A4. AWD is where you'd run into problems.

[smokenyall]

Mine make a wonderful grinding and crunching noise, and my driver side one is going to die soon.
your idea with rasing the motor is good though. i might do that for mine too!

had the same problems with my buddys jetta after slaming it ( 1.8 inches if ground Clarence ) . to fully get rid of the binding i had to, file open the 3 holes that hold the lower ball joint to allow me to widen the track just a hair; about 3-4mm (sounds small but makes a huge difference) , raised the motor and tranny 1inch
( believe it or not use hockey pucks with a longer bolt. verry old vw trick) and on the drivers side cv boot kept poping outa place so i pushed it in about an inch
( knocked the factory clamp off and used a hose clamp instead) . car is driven about 3 hours to work 5 days outa the week and so far no axle issues . hope this helped somebody .

[Dubmd]

ive only been through one pair so far.
but my drivers side axle popped out 2 days ago.
seems like i just didnt tighten it all the way onto the inner socket because no bolts were stripped and nothing else was damaged
mines awd tho