Each week.

Kidding. About every 30k-50k. Whenever you have the axles pulled for CV
cleaning or boot swapping.

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett
Corporate Communications Counselors
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Mount Olive, NC USA
877.658.1278 tollfree

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-----Original Message-----
From:   Adam Puzerewski [SMTP:puzerewski@email.msn.com]
Sent:   Thursday, May 11, 2000 3:13 PM
To:     Bulley
Subject:        Re:      Re: [VANAGON] CV reversibility?

Great Idea!!!  What do you think a good interval would be?

Adam Puzerewski
81 westy
-----Original Message-----
From: Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, May 11, 2000 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] CV reversibility?

>Actually, you WANT to reverse them. As PM, I have the mechanic reverse our
>entire axles (one side to the other) to shift the wear surface to the
>opposite side of the race (groove). This conceptually doubles the service
>life of a properly cleaned and lubed joint.
>
>Now the last time I suggested this, a heap of folks couldn't understand
how
>the wear surfaces get reversed. So I'll tell you right now to take a
>pencil, hold it as if it is a half-axle, with your right thumb and index
>finger holding the eraser, and your left hold the tip. Spin the pencil
with
>your right hand, as if your thumb and forefinger were the tranny flange,
>and this imaginary half-axle is the DRIVER's side (US). Rotate it in the
>direction it would move if you were moving down the road. Note the
>direction of thrust against the pencil.
>
>Now, switch the position of the pencil to the passenger side. The eraser
is
>now in your left hand, which is the PASSENGER side tranny flange. The
point
>of the pencil is in your right hand. Rotate the pencil again as if you are
>going down the road. Note the direction of thrust? Opposte sides of the
>races.
>
>Tah-dah.
>
>G. Matthew Bulley
>Bulley-Hewlett
>Corporate Communications Counselors
>www.bulley-hewlett.com
>Mount Olive, NC USA
>877.658.1278 tollfree
>
>"I, the undersigned, shall forfeit all rights, privileges, and licenses
>herein and herein contained, et cetera, et cetera . . . fax mentis
>incendium gloria culpum, et cetera, et cetera . . . memo bis punitor
>delicatum!" It's all there, black and white, clear as crystal!      -Wonka
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:   Sean Garrett [SMTP:seangar@HOTMAIL.COM]
>Sent:   Thursday, May 11, 2000 11:38 AM
>To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject:        CV reversibility?
>
>My CV (80 Westy) fell apart in my hands (main metal round piece and ball
>bearings held in it) last night while I was moving it to the side to drop
>my
>trany. It looks like the cv joint has no left or right orientation and
>logically so. When I put it back in can it go either way? Should I look
for
>some wear to orient it as before? What would the wear look like?
>
>SeanG
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