[DMCForum] Re: Angle Drive Cable

["Joe OBrien" <joeyoseppijoe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bill,


All these angle drive issues, are you having these problems with a 
new reproduction angle drive, or an old used angle drive?

-Joe




--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> 
wrote:
> My gears still turn, yet the cable keeps unwinding. Last fix was 
to 
> solder the remaining stub. Thought I had run solder all the way 
into
> the gear housing, but apparently I didn't because that's where it
> unwound this time -- deep inside. I've never opened up a gear 
housing,
> but the time to do so apparently has arrived. Will be an 
educational
> experience because I've heard 2 different stories about the gears: 
45
> degree and ring/worm. 
> 
> Have you noticed that the lubrication hole is upside down? Totally
> useless. Installed on a right wheel however the lubrication hole 
would
> be upright -- yet more evidence of DMC misapplication.
> 
> Perhaps the angle drive was intended for a speedometer magnet that
> spun in the other direction. I'm sure Smith Motor Accessories Ltd
> didn't tool up just for DMC. 
> 
> Bill Robertson
> #5939
> 
> >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <martin@xxxx> 
wrote:
> > content22207 wrote:
> > 
> > > Haven't opened one up yet so I don't know if gears can be 
flipped, but
> > > I now have two Smith Motor Accessories units (and two 
witnesses) with
> > > the drive cable wound in the same direction as left wheel 
rotation.
> > > That's why they eventually unwind and turn into spaghetti.
> > >
> > > Yet more quality DMC engineering.
> > >
> > > Bill Robertson
> > > #5939
> > 
> > No, they unwind because the angle drive jams.
> > 
> > I'm not arguing your point though - you're absolutely correct 
that they 
> > should be wound the other way
> > 
> > The gears cannot be flipped. They are screw gears, and one is 
larger 
> > than the other. Turning them around will no more reverse the 
rotation 
> > than turning a regular bolt around gives it a left-handed thread
> > 
> > Martin

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