Very cool pic in  my head and very cool response. Thanks.
Michael in San Antonio
91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Mike S <mikes@flatsurface.com> wrote:

> 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.
>