TDI Aluminum Motor-Mount Fail

I did not use Lock-tight and instead used bearing lube. This caused the top two main bolts because over tightened, resulting in the aluminum threads failing. The motor dropped down onto the driver side cv-shaft(drive shaft) and broke the inner cv joint. Al together a fun day in the Chicago driveway after getting the TDI towed back to the house.

First I put the motor back up on a new-er motor mount. Then I assess weather the auto would drive. It started fine and shifting into 1st was difficult, but the clutch was fine and all gears were there. The driver side wheel was in the air and the passenger side wheel was on the ground. The driver side wheel was not spinning while the TDI was in any gear. PROBLEM NUMBER TWO!!.

I thought the clutch had broken (either a spring or the differential). I began dissasembling the required parts to remove the transmission. but somthing told me to look at the driver side cv-shaft again. You can see in the video where the inner boot has turned but the shaft did not (it is darker). I Stopped removing the trans and put everything back. My wife sat in the TDI and shifted into 2nd (1st still in not right). Shure enough the inner CV boot was spinning but the Drive-shaft was not.

As-Luck-would-have-it, I had a brand new driver side CV-Shaft. After backing the inner boot and outer bearing with 100% synthetic bearing grease (the stuff that got me into trouble in the first place), the removal and installation went smooth. When I removed the broken on all the large bearings fell out on the ground all caked in dark oil.

Lesson learned: I should use break cleaner and an oem approved LocTite on motor mount bolts (I might use strong black RTV silicone - just because I am hard headed).

Thanks for reading and watching.

TDI-Love from Chicago.