the dreaded Chinese Puzzle

[Simon Allcorn]

I presume this is a front CV joint.

The outer front CV will turn through much bigger angles than the rear's or
the front inners.
Same reason why front outer boots tend to break more often

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Marc Swanson [SMTP:marcswanson at mediaone.net]
> Sent:	Friday, February 23, 2001 12:27 PM
> To:	urquattro; quattro at audifans.com
> Subject:	RE: the dreaded Chinese Puzzle
> 
> > The way I explained it was to say that each of the pieces had
> > three sets of "V" grooves in them
> 
> <remainder of excellent description snipped>
> 
> Great description Steve, I like yours way better :-)
> A 'V' is acutually the perfect way to describe the device.  I know what
> you
> mean about how something with so much "play" can take so much torque
> without
> destroying itself under load.  One other thing of note:  It seemed that at
> least on the CV I took apart the outer joint had way more movement in it
> than the inner joint.  Is this correct?  Why is this so:  I didn't have a
> chance to take apart the outer joint and compare it to the inner joint...
> 
> 
> -Marc-
> 
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