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. The right thumb points left to the tranny. The left thumb points right to the tranny. 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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