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Subject:Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
From:DaveC
Date:Tue, 14 May 2002 21:01:38 -0700

>But be sure you don't swap both left-side-for-right AND
>inner-for-outer. EITHER will reverse the direction of rotation and --
>supposedly -- extend the life of the CV. But if you do BOTH, each CV
>will end up rotating the same way it was before the swap, and you'll
>have gained nothing but greasy hands and skinned knuckles.

Oh, man! How do I delete an ignoramus posting? (Man I hate it when I
do that -- with my eyes open, no less!)

To correct:

If you want to do the swap, you MUST do a inner-for-outer swap.
Swapping left-for-right axle is optional.

Dave ("I'm better now. I'm not dead yet...")
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