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Hello- > The measurement length is not the overall length, but rather the length between > CV faces, so it ends up being shorter than the axle length. You're correct that > this makes no sense if you try to measure it between the outside CV races, but > if you measure it between the inside races then it is fixed and makes sense. I > believe the manuals have diagrams that show this, but it is never made clear > what it actually means. Ah, gotcha. > In all the CV axle assemblies you've worked on, have you ever run across one > that was intended to be assembled with any of the dished washers outside? Nope. They're all inside. Or, at least with rear-engined VW and up until mid-80's Porsches (just about all types of Porsches use similar axles to VW). Honestly, I've never considered putting them on the inside. There is _so_ much axial play on the axle itself when installed that I think if you were within one washer thickness of binding then you have other problems. <shrug> Take care, Shad Laws LN Engineering - Aircooled Precision Performance http://www.lnengineering.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org