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Passenger side Front wheel doesn`t spin
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sitopons
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Nov 19, 2010, 2:48 PM
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Passenger side Front wheel doesn`t spin
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2002
Wolswagen Golf GLS
2.0 L 115 CV
Front wheel
89k
Seems that while coming out of a gas station, to avoid some coming cars I pushed the accelerator a little too harshly and the vehicle started to make some clunking noise in the front end. Right there and then the car slowed down and per fear of breaking something I came to a full stop. Once the car had been towed to my garage I'd noticed that the passenger front wheel doesn't spin freely, it goes as far as a 1/8" of a turn both sides then stops as opposed to the driver side wheel which spins without a problem. I had raised the car and had looked underneath the carriage but nothing catches my eye, nothing seems broken or worn out, nor do I see any metal parts rubbing with each other. Can anyone guess what it might be? or things I should check to find any probable causes.
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Hammer Time
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Nov 19, 2010, 3:01 PM
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Check the brake caliper and see if the bolts fell out and jammed it against the inside of the wheel.
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sitopons
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Nov 22, 2010, 10:45 PM
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Thanx for your reply, I checked the break caliper and everything seems fine, I do see that the rotor needs some refurbishing, however the rotor is free of any debris or loose bolts , I am able to turn the rotor a few degrees as I was able to do with tire....I am wondering what is the name of the end of the shaft connected to the hub of the wheel.
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Hammer Time
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Nov 23, 2010, 3:26 AM
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That's the C/V axle. I would suspect that your problems are going to be in the brakes somewhere. Maybe a brake pad wore out and got jammed in there.
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