Something inside the angle drive is always slipping - they use screw gears which have a 90 degreee offset with 45 degree teeth, like the distributor drive. ANY contamination will cause the gears to lock up I currently have two brand new remanufactured and servicable angle drives for sale at $299 incl shipping. Martin Quoting doctorDHD@xxxxxxx: > Does the angle drive usually fail in one particular way? When I disconnect > the speedo cable from the angle drive, I can see that the drive > "output" does > still turn but under a minimal load it stops turning. That seems to > indicate that something inside is slipping... > > Thank you, > > Dave Delman > 1981 Electric DeLorean Project > electricdelorean.com > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/