[DMCForum] Re: Angle Drive Cable

["Joe OBrien" <joeyoseppijoe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bill,

Whatever happened to that RPM chart? It was a handy thing to have if 
the angle drive ever broke and you didn't want to risk speeding too 
much.


And buying a reproduction angle drive isn't admitting defeat, it IS 
smart. Why waste hours & hours messing with junk when there is a 
correct part to fix your problem. I could have probably fixed my old 
angle drive, but who cares? It ain't worth the time or aggravation.

Isn't you time more valuable than kicking an almost dead horse when 
there is an inexpensive fix available?

Just curious,

-Joe




--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> 
wrote:
> I'm still screwing around with the original factory unit. It's 
become
> a bit of a Sisyphian quest for me -- I'll make the stupid thing 
work
> again if it's the last thing my little silver car ever does. Were I
> were smart I'd simply buy a reproduction unit and be done with it.
> Guess I'm not smart.
> 
> The problem is: with each failure the spindle cable keeps getting
> shorter & shorter. Now, it's unwound inside the gear housing. 
Appears
> I have no choice but to replace it. May as well use a cable wound 
in
> the right direction.
> 
> Or buy a reproduction unit from Houston. (Defeat? Never!)
> 
> I've been driving off my customized RPM chart for so long that I 
may
> actually miss it should I ever get the speedo working again.
> 
> Plus I'd probably have to slow down.
> 
> Bill Robertson
> #5939
> 
> >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Joe OBrien" 
<joeyoseppijoe@xxxx> wrote:
> > 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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