Date:         Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:26:50 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Flipping Axles to Maximize CV Joint Wear
Comments: To: Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <4BB34DD7-F201-474B-9CB3-99F157317F7B@eoni.com>
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not prcisely what you are asking for , and
this page is loaded with various Vanagon CV joint articles -
< searched 'flipping vanagon axles to rotate CV joints' >

https://www.google.com/search?q=flipping+vanagon+axles+to+rotate+CV+joints&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

One listing hasthis text -  ( Rennlist,  6th one down the list ) )
"To /flip/ the CVs without removing them from the /axle/, you just swap
sides. *...*< that >  way they're on the proper position (i.e., wheel or
tranny) and are /rotating/ in the opposite direction."

I like that one ...says just move the from one side to the other without
turning them end for end ..
What I also like about that is it moves the outer CV joints inboard.
I find more wear in the inners commonly, due to running hotter by the
trans I believe.

first thing I do is mark on each axle while it's still on the van which
side it is, and which way it has been rotating going forward.

scott
turbovans



On 3/16/2013 8:48 PM, Jim Arnott wrote:
> I've just spent the past hour digging through the archives. No joy.
> (This is why changing the Subject is important when the subject
> changes....)
>
> A few years ago, someone (I think Dennis Haynes) wrote an excellent
> explanation of how and why to flip one's halfshafts to maximize CV
> joint wear. The explanation labelled the joints A, B & C, D. I've
> tried every combination of CV, joint, axle A, B, C & D to find it and
> I'm drawing a blank.
>
> Did anyone bookmark it? If so, could you send the link along. (And
> maybe we might add it to the Vanagonauts data?)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>