yep; that's right.  this simple job is starting to turn into more of an
epic.  well, my new axle bolts came from cafe volks today so i went to
put my repaired axle back in.  i followed the instructions in the tech
on cafe volks web page and took the cv joints apart to pack them with
grease... maybe you can do a better job that way, but i sure made a mess
putting packed joints back onto the axle.

well anyway, after i got done putting everything together and installing
it (which turns out to be pretty hard without a second person), i went
to retorque the nuts on the *other* axle, the one that my mechanic
friend helped me with a couple weeks ago... as i was working, i realized
that he had installed the cv joints BACKWARDS from the way that article
says to do it with the grove on the outer ball hub facing away from the
axle.

so my question: how bad is this??  do i need to make him take those off
and put them on with the groove on the outside?  or will they be alright
that way.... at least until i feel like repacking them.  i've already
driven four or five hundred miles on that axle and i took a quick test
drive today and all my rear-end clunking was gone.

Ben.