Very cool pic in my head and very cool response. Thanks. Michael in San Antonio 91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Mike S <mikes@flatsurface.com> wrote: > At 09:28 PM 4/18/2011, Mike wrote... > > If you've reversed the normal rotation of the CV, then you're there. >> > > Nope. You're trying to reverse the direction of force on the joint, so > it's the other side of the groove which takes the pressure. Simply > making them rotate in the other direction doesn't do that. > > I know, it's not intuitive, but picture holding the right rear half > shaft by the CV joints. Which way are they stressed when driven? (both > hands try to turn the joints counterclockwise). Which way would they > rotate when the van is going forward? Now swap the half shaft > end-for-end (or turn around, if that helps you picture it better). > They'll now rotate in the opposite direction, but the force is the same > (each is stressed counterclockwise). That doesn't achieve the desired > result. > |
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