I'm packing my cv joints, and come across a conundrum.

van-cafe says "The side with the greater chamfer goes towards the
axle." see http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_16_9/cv_joint_maintenence.html
for more.

But my ball cages have an inner chamfer on one side, and an outer
chamfer on the other.  Referring to the still intact joints I have two
with the inner chamfer towards the axle, and one the opposite. The
parts themselves, at least on the one I've worked on, are in really
good condition (not that I'm an expert, but there seems to be little
wear.)

So which is it?  I get the impression it's not so important, but at
least van-cafe has an opinion on it.  I ask the group if any among you
has one.

As for my 090 transmission, Dennis you were right about the pistons,
all three have chewed up rubbers and, even if they were working (not
sure?) I ordered replacements.

Looking deeper for my missing plastic washer, the one I thought it'd
be, given the symptoms (slipping in third and reverse) is quite
intact.

An identical one setting on top of the oil pump was rendered to baco
bits and collected in the structural vanes of the pump.  Finding it
online was nearly impossible until I found the right part number, it's
still abundant and cheap in the porsche 944 tranny shops.

One guy told me, before I found this, that he found the only one in
North America.  Well I got it but it's for some other car, surely.

The plastic thrust washer with the three tabs between the ring gear
and rev. planetary was in place, but broken in three places.

A seal on the brake band servo is also bad. I think that's in the
rebuild kit though.

Finally, many of the friction plates were stripped of their surface
coating.  This accounts for the dirt i found in the pan a short period
after changing the fluid.

-C
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