At 12:10 11/5/99 , madsen wrote: >similar case happened to my 87 Golf Diesel about 5 years ago. I swapped the >CV's around and they are still going strong to this day after 110K miles >(since the swap). Make sure you clean them thoroughly and pack lots of CV >grease. >I think there was a detailed post on this about a month ago by Joel Walker, >so try the archives aswell. Just to make it short and sweet -- you have to swap axles from one side to the other. Turning an axle end for end does not do the job (conversely, when you swap the axles you don't have to keep track of which end is inboard). If you don't believe me, have fun with the archives -- there's a wonderful post there using a pencil to illustrate the geometry of the thing. david David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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