Though I haven't replaced the CVs on the axles of my '84 automatic, I have serviced them. The left and right axles are of different lengths (which seems to be common knowledge) but all 4 CV joints are identical. Mike '84 GL 7 pass auto '85 GL Westy 4 spd > That's interesting. Though I don't drive an automatic, I've read a lot > on the sutomatics, and there has been a lot of discussion about them and > I have never heard of different numbers of splines right shaft vs left > shaft. The lengths are different but this is new one to me. > > Maybe someone out there really knows. > > Regards, > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver |
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