Sometimes CV joints get assembled improperly.  Look at the right up on
Tom Carrington's web page and the pictures.  He explains in detail how
to reassemble them correctly and incorrectly.    It is not unheard of to
find that a joint was assembled incorrectly when they are rebuilt.
This could be the case.  So perhaps you can reassemble it and have a
good spare axle.

http://volksweb.relitech.com/cvjoints.htm

I think that the attached .doc file is one I made from Tom's page.
(this should get stripped form the list cc since it isn't a .txt file.)

Sam

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