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Subject:Re: Regreasing my CV's. Flip driveshafts on reinstall good idea?
From:Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Date:Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:09:30 -0700

very good.
so ...........when transferring shafts from one side to the other, to
accomplish the desired affect  of having the cv joints drive 'the other
way,'
is the shaft just moved over and kept the same end-for-end,
or is it moved over AND flipped end for end ?

and on an automatic, you'd have to flip the cv's on the shaft of course, as
the axle lengths are different.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: Regreasing my CV's. Flip driveshafts on reinstall good idea?

> At 05:43 PM 8/16/2009, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>>strange to me   that the subject line asks if flipping the driveshafts is
>>a
>>good idea,
>>and unless I missed it, there hasn't been a  word on that - all replies
>>and
>
> You missed it, Scott.  You can transfer the shafts from one side to the
> other, or you can flip the joints themselves on the shaft; but flipping
> the shaft has no effect.
>
>  --
> David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> '89 Po' White Star "Scamp"