:-]  That's an embarrassed grin.  You're quite correct.  I shoulda
realized that myself.

Ed

DaveC wrote:

> Ed, et. al.,
> Half correct. Swapping axles left-for-right reverses the load-bearing
> to the opposite side of the CV, using a previously-unused bearing surface.
>
> Swapping axles end-for-end does not do this, nor does it undo any
> gains made by the above swap. Swapping end-for-end is completely
> optional and neither gains nor loses anything.
>
> See my lengthy description, elsewhere in this thread, of how to
> visualize this.
>
> Dave
>
> -=-=-=-
>
>> This makes the third iteration of this discussion that I've seen.
>>
>> Cut to the chase bottom line.
>>
>> To make the CV joints apply thrust through the other set of bearing
>> faces, swap left to right, inner to outer.
>> Another way of describing the same thing:
>> Driver side CV joint has one end pointing left, the other end pointing
>> right.  Move it to the passenger side without flipping it.  The end that
>> pointed left should still point left.  Ditto for the right.  The result
>> will be that the "trailing" bearing faces will now be bearing load and
>> the former load bearing faces will get a rest.
>>
>> Somewhere in the archives is my more detailed explaination of just why
>> this is so.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>> Matthew Pollard wrote:
>>
>>> I am getting psyched up to drop my syncro engine and tranny so i can
>>> further drop the gas tank to fix the leak. What a pisser. So while i'm
>>> at it... can i rotate the cv's from side to side of the car? or what
>>> about just from inner to outer?
>>> thanks
>>> matthew
>>> 86 syncro weaty tiico
>>
>