Let me undetstand something? You work there and your asking this
question of people who may come in for work?
     Yes this is how it is suppost to work. Most vehicles have 
"opened" axle, like this.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
                                   92-Jetta GWC
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On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Mark Seifert wrote:

> i put my vanagon on the rack today at the shop where i work. i was just
> checking a few things out, like a possible oil leak and some other things. i
> put it in first gear and ran it with the wheels off the ground. i noticed
> the right wheel was spinning like crazy and the left wheel just looked like
> it was trying to spin. when i stopped the right wheel with my foot, the left
> wheel would spin, but not as fast. i dont know much about transmissions;
> does the vanagon have the type that just drives one wheel? or could this be
> a bad cv joint (or bad trans), or is it totally normal?
> 
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