If you've reversed the normal rotation of the CV, then you're there.
That is exactly what you're trying to accomplish; reversal of rotation. The
arrows prove that.
Is there something here that you get, that I don't?
I've been doing this trick for many years; even CV's have are beginning to
click are remedied this way.

Mike B.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike S
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 9:14 PM
To: Mike
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: CV Joint Question

At 08:55 PM 4/18/2011, Mike wrote...
>Just mark an arrow on each CVJ indicating which way it was rotating,
>then swap them around (old inners become new outers) so that each one will
>rotate the other way when it's all back together.

That doesn't work. Just flipping a shaft end-for-end (or moving CVs
between ends, reversing the direction of movement) doesn't change the
direction of load on a CV. For example, the right rear half shaft is
stressed counterclockwise, swapping it end-for-end doesn't change that,
even though the normal rotation of the CVs has been reversed.

You need to flip them inside out where they are, or swap the whole
shaft assemblies side to side (if possible - can be done on some
transaxles, not on others).