2000 VW New Beetle noise

[George_San_Jose1]

Suggest to review the following thread, then ask your shop tech if that could be the problem.

Can a water-cooled VW Beetle CV joint fall apart?

Another poster w/water-cooled VW Beetle has been posting recently, and reminds me of a question I’ve wanted to ask about water cooled VW Beetles and their front axle shafts. I’ve heard that the CV joints can fall apart inside the boots during suspension system servicing, unless precautions are taken. And when this happens the entire axle must be replaced. Is this true? Is it a VW thing? or can this same problem happen on most CV axle equipped cars? I’ve never had anything like that happe…