It is a worm gear. You can look through the lubricant hole and see it. Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx> wrote: > > Now one for you: Is the angle drive a worm drive or screw-gear drive? It > would make much more sense to have a 1:1 drive on the cable, but why on > earth use screw gears (as the shape of the housing would suggest) > instead of bevel gears which would be much more reliable! > > Martin