At 09:28 PM 4/18/2011, Mike wrote...
>If you've reversed the normal rotation of the CV, then you're there.

Nope. You're trying to reverse the direction of force on the joint, so
it's the other side of the groove which takes the pressure. Simply
making them rotate in the other direction doesn't do that.

I know, it's not intuitive, but picture holding the right rear half
shaft by the CV joints. Which way are they stressed when driven? (both
hands try to turn the joints counterclockwise). Which way would they
rotate when the van is going forward? Now swap the half shaft
end-for-end (or turn around, if that helps you picture it better).
They'll now rotate in the opposite direction, but the force is the same
(each is stressed counterclockwise). That doesn't achieve the desired
result.