Date:         Mon, 5 May 2014 09:57:33 -0600
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From:         Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: CV Joints
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Its all in the name. Aligning is even relevant with modern CV joints,
although purists supposedly match the splines so that each joint is
aligned. The problem is really a remnant of old-fashioned driveshaft
U-joints. If you installed one joint 90º off, you would get a
horrendous shudder as the driven end would rotate faster and then
slower twice through its rotation. That would be called a "changing
velocity U-joint". In our case, we have the "Constant Velocity" joint
that doesn't suffer from that limitation.

-- Gnarlie


On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Tom Carchrae <tom@intellecti.ca> wrote:
> This is why I asked - how many have heard of this and do it.  So far,
> nobody does it, is that correct?  I couldn't tell if Gnarlie did it or not.