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Subject:Re: Which way is right way for CV joints?
From:neil N
Date:Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:34:50 -0800

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 6:50 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

>  (sorry can't recall for sure it bevelled end faces outboard towards
>  wheel....... Seems to me it does though)

Oops.

I should have said: "bevelled end faces facing outward on each end of
the driveshaft".

Neil.

>  On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>  > I went through the horror recently of replacing all my CV joints with new
>  >  ones---from china. At least they were free, that's the only good thing about
>  >  them. But they are still junk, so I have rebuilt my originals except the one
>  >  I had to replace altogether.
>  >  The chinese ones don't have any indication of direction, so they are no help
>  >  to look at. But the OEM ones have an embossed side of the center hub (a
>  >  raised area) and a flat side.
>  >
>  >  Which goes in/out?
>  >
>  >  Thanks,
>  >
>  >  Jim
>  >
>
>
>
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