Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 12:32:15 -0400
Reply-To: Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Subject: Re: CV reversibility?
Actually, you WANT to reverse them. As PM, I have the mechanic reverse our
entire axles (one side to the other) to shift the wear surface to the
opposite side of the race (groove). This conceptually doubles the service
life of a properly cleaned and lubed joint.
Now the last time I suggested this, a heap of folks couldn't understand how
the wear surfaces get reversed. So I'll tell you right now to take a
pencil, hold it as if it is a half-axle, with your right thumb and index
finger holding the eraser, and your left hold the tip. Spin the pencil with
your right hand, as if your thumb and forefinger were the tranny flange,
and this imaginary half-axle is the DRIVER's side (US). Rotate it in the
direction it would move if you were moving down the road. Note the
direction of thrust against the pencil.
Now, switch the position of the pencil to the passenger side. The eraser is
now in your left hand, which is the PASSENGER side tranny flange. The point
of the pencil is in your right hand. Rotate the pencil again as if you are
going down the road. Note the direction of thrust? Opposte sides of the
races.
Tah-dah.
G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett
Corporate Communications Counselors
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Mount Olive, NC USA
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-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Garrett [SMTP:seangar@HOTMAIL.COM]
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 11:38 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: CV reversibility?
My CV (80 Westy) fell apart in my hands (main metal round piece and ball
bearings held in it) last night while I was moving it to the side to drop
my
trany. It looks like the cv joint has no left or right orientation and
logically so. When I put it back in can it go either way? Should I look for
some wear to orient it as before? What would the wear look like?
SeanG
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