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Date:   Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:37:13 -0500
Reply-To:   Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Sender:   Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:   Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:   Re: Didn't know there was two different CV joints.
Comments:   To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>

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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