Dennis,

Thanks. I guess I could have explained a bit  more ias to  what was
happening during that little test.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Dennis Haynes wrote:
> The real difference is the torque shift. The outside wheel in a turn travels
> much farther than the inside. The outside wheel will see less torque with
> the increase going to the inside wheel.
>
> More torque, more click.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> neil
> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 3:09 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: CV click?
>
> hmmm....
>
> If going fast enough in a circle, the weight shift
> (body tipping) would cause the angle of the axle would
> change therefore stressing the internal components of
> the CV at a different angle?
>
>
> --- Tabe Johnson <greentabe-vanagon@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
>
>> Can anyone clearly explain how this works?  I know
>> of this
>> test on a front wheel drive car, where you're
>> testing the
>> outboard CVs, which have a much wider range of
>> motion than
>> the inboard ones and fail more often.  But on a RWD
>> car, what
>> happens when you're turning that doesn't happen when
>> you
>> are going in a straight line?
>>
>> tabe johnson/87 westy
>>
>>
>>
>> *** cut here ***
>>
>> Date:    Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:05:13 -0500
>> From:    John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
>> Subject: Re: CV click??
>>
>> One way to test to see if CV's have reached their
>> wear limits is to get
>> into a large empty parking lot, crank the steering
>> all the way to the
>> stops to the left, then drive slowly around a full
>> circle. If the CV's
>> are worn they will click or knock, as it were. You
>> will have to drive
>> the circle both  left and right to get a good
>> confirmation. Be sure to
>> keep the wheel at the stops. Power steering will
>> protest, but it is the
>> only way I know to do the test.
>>
>> If no click/knock, then they are probably OK.
>>
>> Good Luck,
>>
>> John Rodgers
>> 88 GL Driver
>>
>>
>
>
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