I have no clue if this is direct applicable to the T3 syncro, but would
assume it is...

On the T2 it was smart maintenance at about 150k to reverse the half
axles, placing the driver's side HA on th passenger side, and the
passenger side HA on the driver's side. This not only repositioned the
wear surfaces laterally in the CV's, it also reversed the predominant
wear 'side' in the CV' groove (the place occupied by the ball).

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G. Matthew Bulley
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Ben McCafferty
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 1:51 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Allowable CV joint tolerance?

Working through the CVs on my 90 syncro westy.  What is the allowable
movement/wear on the CV?  I have a front inner totally clean, and can
move
the outer race about 1-1.5mm when I turn it against the inner race.  Is
this
too much?
tx,
bmc  :)
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