Hi all,
got a bit of a problem. In my driveway is my daily driver '88 944 with what sounds like a FUBAR CV joint on the passenger side. Of course tomorrow is Xmas eve so no parts are going to be forthcoming until Monday, and I will shoot myself if I don't have wheels.
I notice that the CV joints are the same for all four, are the drive axles symmetric inside to outside as well? What I'm thinking is I could remove the pass. side axle and install it "backwards" so the CVs are running on less worn metal, hopefully that will make them shut up until I can get some new CV joints. I only need a couple hundred miles out of them, I'm not putting off a needed repair, I just can't get any parts until after Xmas.
Can anyone tell me why this wouldn't work? If nobody says otherwise I'm going to try to hitch a ride to the parts store to get a cheesehead bit to do the swap tomorrow (of course, my tools are 30 miles away and it's loud enough I don't want to risk it.)
What size cheesehead *is* it anyway?
thanks,
nate