Date:         Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:29:29 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: CV joint reversal?
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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Swapping axles works - force is reversed.

If you could simply flip the CVs over, that would work, too - but you
can't do that, since the joints themselves have an axle end and a hub
end.  So, you cannot flip the paper slips around on the pencil.

Karl Wolz

> 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"
>