James,
That's the kind of information I was looking for. The only problem I can
foresee, is that the square stock will not have the flex that the original
drive had, but if you've done it and found that it worked, I'm willing to
give it a go.
Thanks,
Fred
----- Original Message -----
From: "james" <jamesnazarian@netzero.net>
To: "Fred Pixley" <fpixley@kingston.net>; "Mgs@Autox.Team.Net"
<mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: angle drive
> There is a brass(?) piece in there that the stud would have been pressed
> into. Just find the appropriate square stock, slightly less than 1/8" and
> available from hardware stores. Slip it into this brass thing and solder
it
> from the back to fix it in place. I used 1/8" stock and sanded it all
> around until it was the right size. I think the piece you need is 1.5
> inches long, but you should be able to figure it out. The brass thing is
> pressed into the gear and it is easiest to get it out of the gear to do
the
> fix. They don't take a lot of force, an appropriate drift and a few
hammer
> blows should do it.
>
> If you don't have the angle drive open yet, and thus none of this makes
> sense, that is also easy. The cap opposite the stud is held on by three
> points where the body of the angle drive is hammered over it, I don't
> remember what these marks are called. Just get rid of these three points
> and give the stud area a tap and the cover, gear, and a couple of washers
> will fall out the back. I don't remember the order of the washers (one is
> cupped) but test fit everything after you are done and assemble it such
that
> there is no endplay.
>
> After you are done, give the rim a few hits with a punch/drift to make the
> same kind of marks to fix the cap back in place. The whole process should
> take less than 1 hour and requires little more than common sense.
>
> james
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