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Date:         Thu, 16 May 2002 09:45:06 -0700
Reply-To:     Edward Nutter <eanutter@POSTOFFICE.PACBELL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Edward Nutter <eanutter@POSTOFFICE.PACBELL.NET>
Subject:      Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
Comments: To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
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Well I'm glad you cleared THAT up. I was so confused! I will NOT however rotate my rear for your crass amusement.

Ed

Karl Wolz wrote:

>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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