A few weeks agos I struck a curb at low speed with front passenger tire. had to replace the tire, decent but not hideous scratch to the rim. Immediately after the tire was replaced i noticed the steering wheel cocked about 20 degrees clockwise and the car pulling hard to the left. Thought it was an aligment problem, took it to Firestone who said either my frame or rear axle was bent. Second opinion said "rear axle, $1200". I'm unable to comprehend how small curb at low speed could cause such damage. I bought the car used a year ago from local VW dealer and detected a small pull to the left then, but thought it just needed an alignment. Is this a common problem with these cars? Could it be shimmed rather than replacing entire rear axle?
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It is front wheel drive right? You may need some new suspension components but you don't have an actual axle...The rear hub that your wheel bolts to is about $400.00 to replace
Take the car over to Adrian at Milt's Service Garage 9&07)643-7548 right in Vallejo and let him look at it. We can even align it after the parts that were damaged are replaced.
Your rear axle should be fine. Most likly the Tie Rod is bent slightly and needs to be replaced then have your VW aligned. I hope that helps. Take care.
thanks, i'll check it out. yeah, front wheel drive.