thanks for posting that. GW says both options will get the desired reversal.. C------D Transmission A------B (option 1) OR D------C Transmission B------A (option 2) the first is just swap side to side, the second is swap side to side and end for end .. Seems to me it would be one or the other, but not both, to get the desired result. Comments ?
I do generally try to at least move innners to outside, as I find more dry and worn inner CV joints .. I suspect they run hotter next to the trans, and thus wear a little more. Also, I see a LOT of CV joints without much grease in them. I put in more than stock spec, and I always fill the flanges ..that 'bowl' where the CV joints bolt up .
scott www.turbovans.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Koerner" <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 6:29 PM Subject: Re: CV Joint Question
Read this article http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_16_9/cv_joint_maintenence.html gives a good picture about what's going on with CV Joints. Axles on Auto Transmission are longer on one side than the other...for manual tranny you're OK. Says so in the above article. Rich San Diego --- On Mon, 4/18/11, Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM> wrote: From: Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM> Subject: Re: CV Joint Question To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Monday, April 18, 2011, 6:14 PM At 08:55 PM 4/18/2011, Mike wrote... >Just mark an arrow on each CVJ indicating which way it was rotating, >then swap them around (old inners become new outers) so that each one >will >rotate the other way when it's all back together. That doesn't work. Just flipping a shaft end-for-end (or moving CVs between ends, reversing the direction of movement) doesn't change the direction of load on a CV. For example, the right rear half shaft is stressed counterclockwise, swapping it end-for-end doesn't change that, even though the normal rotation of the CVs has been reversed. You need to flip them inside out where they are, or swap the whole shaft assemblies side to side (if possible - can be done on some transaxles, not on others). |
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