

| Subject: | Re: CV joint reversal? |
| From: | Karl Wolz |
| Date: | Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:29:29 -0700 |
Swapping axles works - force is reversed. If you could simply flip the CVs over, that would work, too - but you can't do that, since the joints themselves have an axle end and a hub end. So, you cannot flip the paper slips around on the pencil. Karl Wolz > Flip the pencil end-for-end -- no change. Use your other hand to > drive the pencil (with or without flipping it -- now you're working > against the arrows, so swapping side-to-side works if you can. Now > flip the paper slips around on the pencil -- now you're pushing with > the arrows again, so that works too. > > So...end-for-end does nothing. Flipping the joints on the shaft and > replacing it on same side works. Swapping the shaft to the other > side works. Flipping joints *and* swapping to the other side negates > the effect. > > :-) > d > > -- > David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ > '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation" >
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