Re: Angle Drive Blues and stuff...

["dmcman82" <drrub46@xxxx>]

My mistake. The gears were not plasic. The gears are made of soft 
metal which is what causes the the angle gear to fail. If not 
lubricated properly and the slightest binding will cause the gears 
to fail. That is why it is critical to make sure the angle drive is 
properly lubed.

Steve

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Jan van de Wouw <jvdwouw@xxxx> wrote:
> First of all, thanks for all the responses by everyone so far.
> 
> most of them are known solutions that don't work for me:
> - the HCR-drive from PJ Grady is actually a REBUILD,
> so there's a core-exchange. My previous drive was damaged
> by the PO of my car in such extent that is was only good
> for the scrapheap.
> Just out of curiousity I dismantled the thing, only to find METAL
> gears inside, where does this notion about plastic gears come 
from?
> have a look in the Photos-section; I put a couple of pics up
> in the "Techie Stuff" folder
> - at the time my AD first failed on me I neede a replacement FAST
> due to an upcoming Inspection, there was a witing list of 8 weeks
> for the HCR at the time, so instead I went with an OEM.
> - The AC-line that was suggested I ZIP-tie the cable to is probably
> the brakeline? I have the later style support bracket instead...
> - The Digital Solution DMC is working on is still too vague and
> as I understand it 'll be more than a year befor they're 
available.
> - I allready have the shorter lower cable, a new cable support 
bracket,
> wheather proofing kit and new Drive Cup.
> 
> At the moment I'm up and running again: someone local was able to
> fit a new cable to the AD, but this turned out to be a little too 
thin.
> This afternoon I fitted a small piece of metal in the square in 
the cap
> so that the cable would be snug in place, put some ducttape around 
the
> edge of the Cap and everything is working again...
> Let's hope this holds out untill the Digital Solution by DMC is 
there...
> 
> Happy Easter! (Better late than never ;-)
> 
> JAN van de Wouw
> Thinking Different... Using a Mac...
> Living the Dream... Driving a DeLorean...
> 
> #05141 "Dagger" since Sept. 2000
> 
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