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Subject:Re: Didn't know there was two different CV joints.
From:Mike Collum
Date:Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:37:13 -0500

Though I haven't replaced the CVs on the axles of my '84 automatic, I have
serviced them.

The left and right axles are of different lengths (which seems to be common
knowledge) but all 4 CV joints are identical.

Mike
'84 GL 7 pass auto
'85 GL Westy 4 spd

> That's interesting. Though I don't drive an automatic, I've read a lot
> on the sutomatics, and there has been a lot of discussion about them and
> I have never heard of different numbers of splines right shaft vs left
> shaft. The lengths are different but this is new one to me.
>
> Maybe someone out there really knows.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver