You get a star for this. Jim On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 4:46 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > At 05:03 PM 1/12/2009, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >> >> Normally my mind is pretty good about 'spatial orientation' >> stuff........but this one is a challenge. >> I think if you swap an axle end-for-end..........it still pushes on the >> insides of each CV the same way. > > Ayuh. It's a head-bender, so solve it graphically. Wrap two paper > slips around the ends of a pencil, use one hand to drive it and the > other to resist, mark arrows on each in the direction of the force > your hand is exerting. > > Flip the pencil end-for-end -- no change. Use your other hand to > drive the pencil (with or without flipping it -- now you're working > against the arrows, so swapping side-to-side works if you can. Now > flip the paper slips around on the pencil -- now you're pushing with > the arrows again, so that works too. > > So...end-for-end does nothing. Flipping the joints on the shaft and > replacing it on same side works. Swapping the shaft to the other > side works. Flipping joints *and* swapping to the other side negates > the effect. > > :-) > d > > -- > David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ > '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation" > |
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