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Subject:Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
From:DaveC
Date:Tue, 14 May 2002 21:08:28 -0700

>No, this is wrong. It is not the direction of rotation that matters. It
>is the direction of force. Read Karl's procedure again.
>
>Swapping end for end on the same side does not help. Only swapping from
>side to side changes the direction of force on a given CV.
>
>Check the archives, this comes up over and over again.

Mark,
Now that I've corrected myself, you don't have it right either.

Swapping end-for-end is the only thing that reverses the direction of
rotation of the axles. Swapping side-for-side is optional, as it does
not change rotation.

Do the "roll up the paper" demonstration for yourself and you'll see.

Dave (Really!)
--
Dave Carpenter

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May you have twice as much.

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we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering." -- Arthur C.
Clarke

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