Date:         Fri, 10 Mar 2006 23:49:19 -0500
Reply-To:     Wesley Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
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From:         Wesley Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: (rear) cv joint (again...)
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@optonline.net>
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Okay, I'm pretty sure I've done this right.  If you look at Tom's
website about the cv joints: http://volksweb.relitech.com/cvjoints.htm
he has pictures in Step 4 of the "Front" and "Back" of the CV joints.
You can see the difference between the front and back of the inner
race.  One has a raised circle, the other is totally flat.  My "fronts"
face the flange they're being bolted to.  In the case of my joints, that
means the group of 3 lines in a row faces the flange, and the single
groove (which is concealed by metal base of the boot when installed on
the shaft is towards the axle.

-Wes


Dennis Haynes wrote:
> The outside will have a line on it. The line faces the flange it is
> being bolted to.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Wesley Pegden
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 7:28 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: (rear) cv joint (again...)
>
> Hopefully this is my last question:
> The lobro cv joints have two sides: on one side, the inner race is
> totally flat.  On the other, the inner race has an inner circle that
> sticks out past the rest.  Which side should face away from the axle?
>
> Thanks,
> Wes
>
>
>
>