At 04:55 PM 8/15/2009, Poppie Jagersand wrote:
>Is this a good idea?

 From January...
>At 05:03 PM 1/12/2009, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>>Normally my mind is pretty good about 'spatial orientation'
>>stuff........but this one is a challenge.
>>I think if you swap an axle end-for-end..........it still pushes on the
>>insides of each CV the same way.
>
>Ayuh.  It's a head-bender, so solve it graphically.  Wrap two paper
>slips around the ends of a pencil, use one hand to drive it and the
>other to resist, mark arrows on each in the direction of the force
>your hand is exerting.
>
>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

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