You need to be careful in this swapping sides business. I hope I can explain this clearly enough that it can be understood. The simplest way is to swap the axle position on the same side. In other words, put the outboard end of the shaft - the on in the box - next to the tranny, and the tranny end to the out board position in the box. Do one axle at a time, and avoid any confusion. What this swap will do is reverse the direction of rotation of the axle and bearing so the wear points are a bit different. Do one axle at a time, and avoid any confusion. It's not necessary to swap to opposite sides of the vehicle. That easily induces confusion. Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver
Al and Sue Brase wrote: > AND, if you've not done this before, and other cv's need service, do all > four and put the right axle on the left and the left axle on the > right.(only with manuals, the automatic axles are different lengths.) > This puts the wear areas on a different place and could give your cv's > several more years of life > Al Brase > > jimt wrote: > >>> >>> >> With it only at the slower speeds, I would drop that cv and see if >> maybe it >> is dry and just needs a repack. Wipe down the balls and see if there >> is any >> major pitting and also check the carriers for damage as well. If >> there is >> replace joint/axel. >> >> http://www.westydriver.com >> >> >> > > |
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