Standard tranny - both the same.

Automatic - different.

Karl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Damian Shaw" <dts@XMISSION.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: CV joint rotation ?

> Beware of swapping driveaxles from one side to the other.  (If that's
> what people are proposing.)  I don't know about Vanagons specifically
> but on Quantums the driveshafts LOOK the same size on the left and right
> but in actuality one is a little longer than the other.  (Despite the
> engine being mounted inline - on transverse mounted VWs one driveshaft
> is significantly longer than the other.)
>
> I haven't checked Bentley for the Vanagon but in the Quantum's case
> Bentley had the lengths of the shafts listed there - some differed by
> mear millimeters.
>
> Just a 'heads up'.
>
> Damian