Quote from: DarkGti on 26 October 2009, 15:35theres no screw holding the disk to the hub!take one of your other wheels off and you will notice a screw holding the disk in place!Right you are -- thanks!Just ordered a couple from VW. Hopefully that'll solve the problem!
theres no screw holding the disk to the hub!take one of your other wheels off and you will notice a screw holding the disk in place!
That wont be your problem as the wheel bolts hold the disc on, all the small screw is doing is keeping the disc in place when you take your wheel of.Sounds like a transmission problem to me.
unlikely to be honest - my passenger side disk is held on by the wheel bolts and I've not got any ginding noises. Garage who swapped the disks snapped the grub screw that holds the disk to the hub
Gear box is on the passenger side, if you say the noise stops when you press the clutch in, its not going to be a cv joint.
Quote from: Phil_M on 26 October 2009, 16:59Gear box is on the passenger side, if you say the noise stops when you press the clutch in, its not going to be a cv joint.It could well be the gearbox then Is there anything I can do to confirm this? Does the gearbox have it's own oil supply or is there anything else I should check?Any advice much appreciated.
Just a quick update on this:I took it to a garage yesterday to have it checked out. They reckon it's something to do with the differential -- a collapsed bearing or sheared rivet -- apparently they've seen around 30 this year with the same problem, all of similar age and mileage, on Golfs and various other VAG cars.I'm considering my options, but it's looking like it could cost £1500+ (2/3 the value of the car) to put right.
I cant see it costing any where near that, Put another low mileage box in and your only looking at 800 tops.