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Date:         Thu, 11 May 2000 16:32:37 -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?
Comments: To: Adam Puzerewski <puzerewski@email.msn.com>

Each week.

Kidding. About every 30k-50k. Whenever you have the axles pulled for CV cleaning or boot swapping.

G. Matthew Bulley Bulley-Hewlett Corporate Communications Counselors www.bulley-hewlett.com Mount Olive, NC USA 877.658.1278 tollfree

"I, the undersigned, shall forfeit all rights, privileges, and licenses herein and herein contained, et cetera, et cetera . . . fax mentis incendium gloria culpum, et cetera, et cetera . . . memo bis punitor delicatum!" It's all there, black and white, clear as crystal! -Wonka

-----Original Message----- From: Adam Puzerewski [SMTP:puzerewski@email.msn.com] Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 3:13 PM To: Bulley Subject: Re: Re: [VANAGON] CV reversibility?

Great Idea!!! What do you think a good interval would be?

Adam Puzerewski 81 westy -----Original Message----- From: Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Thursday, May 11, 2000 12:47 PM Subject: Re: [VANAGON] 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 >877.658.1278 tollfree > >"I, the undersigned, shall forfeit all rights, privileges, and licenses >herein and herein contained, et cetera, et cetera . . . fax mentis >incendium gloria culpum, et cetera, et cetera . . . memo bis punitor >delicatum!" It's all there, black and white, clear as crystal! -Wonka > > >-----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 >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com


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