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Date:         Fri, 25 Sep 1998 13:45:40 EDT
Reply-To:     Pfunky@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Patrick Foltz <Pfunky@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Squeaking  - mystery joint
Comments: To: YauMan@CCHEM.BERKELEY.EDU, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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In a message dated 9/25/98 12:29:46 PM, you wrote:

<<Maybe U-joint is the wrong term for it.. The manual called it a "flex = join" if I remember right.. It's more equivalent to the CV of modern = days.. they look like a 6" giant rubber donut>>

It's called a Geebo Joint--still found on Bmw and Mercedes, for example. The rubber is supposed to act as an absorber of the pulses due to power stroke in the engine, making for a smoother ride. It's the ability to remember these things that make it hard for me to remember which Phospholipids have glycosidic bonds! p.


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