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Re: cv vrs univ joints revisited

To: "Arthur H. Smith" <arthurhsmith@compuserve.com>,
Subject: Re: cv vrs univ joints revisited
From: "Peter S." <alfapete@pacbell.net>
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 10:25:53 -0700
I can visualize 3, but not 4.  Two for axle movement and one for steering
axis.  This applies to a-arm type suspension I suspect.
Peter S

----- Original Message -----
From: Arthur H. Smith <arthurhsmith@compuserve.com>
To: triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>; SPITFIRES <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 10:01 AM
Subject: cv vrs univ joints revisited


>
> Sorry to bomb both lists but I only paid a little attention to the CV/UNI
> thread. The other night I saw part of a Speedvision program and it was
> about the dessert racers mainly a 4x4 truck. At one point they had an
under
> hood camera showing the suspension working and it sure looked like each
> axle has 4 countum four CV joints. Two are at each end of the axle in a
> pairs rather than singles.
>
> My first thought was how can that work, but figuring that if a heavy duty
> spring was in each of the outer ones (wheel and differential connected
ones
> are outer, axle connected ones are the center two) pushing it into its
> housing and the ones connected to the axle in the normal way only during
> extreme suspension movement would the outer two come into play.
>
> My 2 p on subject.......
>
>
> The arthur       >;-} :4 O:-)-}8<
> www.anedieco.com/tr.htm
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> 82 XJ6  Jaguar   (Jennifer)
> boxy thing on wheels aka ford aerostar   (boxy lady??? 8-} )
>


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