[DMCForum] Re: Angle Drive Cable (Mark V)

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually a carbureted angle drive (if such existed) would never tear
up in the first place. Would be the single most reliable piece of
equipment on the car. Least expensive too. And it certainly wouldn't
be in the way of anything else. Would be so innocuous that owners of
such would scratch their heads in bewilderment as other owners
continue to struggle with their non-carbureted angle drives rather
than simply converting over and being done with it.

But alas, angle drives do not have such attributes.

At least there's one piece of equipment on my car that does (key word
in that sentence is "one" -- carburetors are completely self
contained, needing none of the plethora of devices necessary for K
Jetronic).

But surely I've mentioned that before...

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxx> wrote:
> His angle drive is Carbureted, that is his problem. He he he.
> 
> Mark V
> 
> 
> 
> On Jul 29, 2005, at 8:03 PM, Joe OBrien 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >

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