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Date:         Wed, 1 Nov 2006 01:52:13 -0500
Reply-To:     Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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From:         Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Nutz...
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Or rather half shaftz.


I did it again. I gunned the SVX engine on my Westy Syncro....running
with the front wheels decoupled. And suddenly I didn't have any
power. Once again, I was only about 1 1/2 mile from my house so I
engaged the rear diff lock and limped home.


Last time I had grenaded a CV joint on the right rear (outside) .
This time I sheared the axle cleanly on the left rear (inside).


Of course I was planning on hitting the road for a trip in about 2
hours....instead I was lubing up the CVs in a replacement half shaft
and swapping it in. Got on the road a couple of hours later than
planned.


'Tis a dangerous thing to have lots of power in a Vanagon....
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