Date:         Tue, 14 May 2002 22:25:18 -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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>Thanks for the tip. I can see that the bearings will rotate in the opposite
>direction but will they travel on a different "track" in the CV itself?

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The bearings (the balls within, to be exact) will wear the opposite
sides of the "track", or groove, only if you swap the axles
side-for-side. They may rotate the same direction or opposite that
they did on the other side, it doesn't matter. It is the "load
direction", not the rotation direction that changes the wear pattern
inside the CV joint. This changes only if you swap axles
side-for-side.

See my long post elsewhere in this thread for a description of how to
model a CV joint's wear.

Dave


>William
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Matthew Pollard" <poll7356@uidaho.edu>
>To: "developtrust" <developtrust@cox.net>
>Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 6:11 PM
>Subject: Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
>
>
>>  here is the logicical means to figure this out...
>>
>>  Karl Wolz wrote:
>>  > Grab yourself a sheet of paper and roll it into a cylinder.  Draw an
>arrow
>>  > to indicate in which direction the stress is being delivered to the
>>  > imaginary CV joints at each end (They should oppose each other).  Twist
>it.
>>  > Swap it end for end.  A light will light up.  Did for me.
>>

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Dave Carpenter

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