In a message dated 97-12-04 13:59:41 EST, NEJAZZ2@AOL.COM writes:

<<S aturday night as i was driving along at 65 MPH my differential broke and
 fell off my 89 syncro  and made the drive shaft bind    it prevented me from
 making right turns
 this could have been a catastrophe    I drove home slowly and made it
 has any one else had this happen  is it something I can get VW for
 this is a very well maintained van with 140 K on it
 How does a differential just fall off ????

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my mechanic said the whole unit was gone   bolts ,boots  ,mounts and all
on the front right    the drive shaft was attached to nothing and that was
getting pushed up against the underbody       how could this happen
they say i was lucky that I didn't have an accident
it had it's last check up at 125k    anyone know any thing ??

Mikey