Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 01:00:35 -0700
Reply-To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject: Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
Imagine this!!
I was driving down the highway yesterday with my arms extended forward, I
opened my hands with palms down, and extended my
thumbs. I observed the thumbs point to each other. Just then, Cupid, who
was following me, started to honk and wildly gesticulate with his
passenger's axle.
I pulled over and he explained, "With your arms extended forward, open the
hands with palms down, and extend the thumbs. Observe the thumbs point to
each other." He was quite correct, and it was great!
I got back in and the relaxed fingers of the right and left axles, or
passenger and driver side axles respectively rotated from side to side when
suddenly, Cupid began furiously waving again.
We pulled over together and holding our axles in each hand, turn right
or left until facing rearward, and the front of the van is at our back.
This was great, and we just had to get into town to share with Baalzo.
We got together and Baalzo showed us how by the curl in the fingers, the
direction of the rotation is now to the rear. Well, rotation to the rear
won't work for forward driving until you are facing rearward.
"This is the only way I know of to keep the rotation concept clear", bleated
Baalzo triumphantly, holding the axles in his respective hands, with thumbs
pointing along the shaft.
Signed,
Blooey
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rodgers" <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
> Matthew Pollard wrote:
>
> > I am getting psyched up can i rotate the cv's from side to side of the
> > car? or what
> > about just from inner to outer?
> >
>
> In the study of DC electricity, one learns how using the thumb and fingers
> of the hand to determine the direction the current flows through the wire
> ( the thumb of the hand follows the current in the wire) and the direction
> of the magnetic field ( the curled fingers point the direction of the
> field of manetic flux.
>
> Applying this principle to a degree,
>
> Imagine this!!
>
> You have the engine out of the van, and you are standing in the opening
> facing the front of the van, and the input shaft of the tranny. With your
> arms extended forward, open the hands with palms down, and extend the
> thumbs. Observe the thumbs point to each other. Relax the fingers to a
> curl. With your
> arms extended forward, open the hands with palms down, and extend the
> thumbs. Observe the thumbs point to each other. The relaxed fingers point
the direction of rotation
> (and consequently the CV's) of the right and left axles, or passenger and
> driver side axles respectively.
>
> Now imagine that you are holding the axles in the respective hands, with
> thumb pointing along the shaft towards the tranny and the fingers curled
> in the direction of rotation. Holding your axles in each hand, turn right
> or left until you now are facing rearward, and the front of the van is at
> your back. Note that the right axle (passengers axle) is now on the
> drivers side of the van, and the left (drivers axle) is on the passenger
> side. By the curl in the fingers, the direction of the rotation is now to
> the rear of the van, right? Well, obviously it can be observed that axle
> rotation to the rear won't work for forward driving, so the axles( and the
> CV's) now have to rotate in the reverse of the original configuration.
>
> This is the only way I know of to keep the rotation concept clear, and
> ensure that all works properly to get true opposite rotation to ensure
> even wear on the CV's.
>
> Problem solved.
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
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