Date:         Tue, 14 May 2002 20:47:57 -0700
Reply-To:     DaveC <voicebox@DNAI.COM>
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From:         DaveC <voicebox@DNAI.COM>
Subject:      Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
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>Ok, so the cv is still turning the same direction isn't it? Don't see
>how this does anything because the angle is the same from the tranny to
>the wheel. (parallelogram working here)
>
>Now swapping sides, inner to inner, would make them go the other
>direction.  That would be roughly the same as turn one around on the
>same side.

But be sure you don't swap both left-side-for-right AND
inner-for-outer. EITHER will reverse the direction of rotation and --
supposedly -- extend the life of the CV. But if you do BOTH, each CV
will end up rotating the same way it was before the swap, and you'll
have gained nothing but greasy hands and skinned knuckles.

Do the "roll up a piece of paper" desktop example of axle rotation
suggested earlier in this thread and you'll see why.

Dave
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