Curious about this :
" the groove machined in the puck goes to the  outside.'

Where does that come from ? Looking in Bentley I don't see that exactly.
two........what do you mean by 'outside' ............away from the middle of
the axle' .....
or 'towards the outside of the van' .......?

or ?
thanks.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: CV joint reversal?

>I don't think it would matter, but swapping the axle end for end would
> be the simplest and cleanest way. It wouldn't get your joints cleaned
> and lubed, though. IIRC, the groove machined in the puck goes to the
> outside, so any way that ended up correct, you're OK.
>
> I'm not advocating doing this, just commenting on how to do it. To me,
> these joints get some of their wear under braking, and some of their
> wear under acceleration, so who knows what good swapping them would
> do?
>
> Jim
>
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Gary Bawden <goldfieldgary@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Greetings Vanagonauts,
>>
>> Not long ago someone mentioned reversing the CV joints while they were
>> out for longer wear - - does this mean just reversing the axle
>> end-for-end, or taking the CV joints off, and putting them back on
>> flipped over? Does it matter? I've got until the weekend to ponder
>> this,
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Gary
>>