Date:         Tue, 14 May 2002 21:05:22 -0700
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
Comments: To: DaveC <voicebox@DNAI.COM>
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No, this is wrong. It is not the direction of rotation that matters. It
is the direction of force. Read Karl's procedure again.

Swapping end for end on the same side does not help. Only swapping from
side to side changes the direction of force on a given CV.

Check the archives, this comes up over and over again.

Mark



DaveC wrote:
>
> >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
> --
>