Bob, The procedure depended on the cause of failure. Almost invariably the flexible drive cable will have sheared at the adapter cup or spun loose from the gear. In the early days when the cars were newer the cables would seize on the first freeze of the winter (In the snow-belt anyway) because the factory didn?t lubricate the cable where it passed through the axle and it would trap rainwater. If the gears were OK I?d make a new cable by stamping it square at one end and then carefully sizing it to be a press fit into the steel ferrule which was then also press fit into the gear. As usable gears became scarce and new angle drives were no longer available it became necessary for me to have new gears made. The original gears were very soft so I had mine heat treated which added to the overall cost. I marketed the units using these gears as ?hard core? angle drives and gave a three year warranty with them. I think I sold about two hundred and fifty or so of them and had a failure rate of about five percent in that three year time frame so it seemed to be a great solution until good reusable housings and other small parts became hard to find. Rebuilding them was a somewhat time consuming process and combined with the cost of higher quality gears made them a bit expensive. Ultimately new units were introduced by DMCH at the bargain price of $59.95 which made consideration of making more of these gears out of the question. Who would buy a rebuilt part (even with a longer warranty) when you could get a new one for half the cost? Pricing appears to be what drives the mail order market in DeLorean parts nowadays and it is becoming increasing difficult to make high quality custom parts for the car at competitive prices. That is not a knock just an observation. Unfortunately the failure rate of these new units appears to be even higher than the originals and I hope when the next batch comes in they?ll have the solution figured out. Rob Grady, P.J.Grady Inc. _____ From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Videobob Moseley Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 7:18 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [DML] Re: WANTED: Angle Drive Rob, How does one "rebuild" a drive? Are there replacement cable ends? Are there adjustments that need be made? I have two broken units now, it would be great if I could open it up and fix it. 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/