I have done it, and I picked up the trick from a guy that I work with that
has been in the Brit car business for many years.
james
----- Original Message -----
From: Fred Pixley <fpixley@kingston.net>
To: james <jamesnazarian@netzero.net>
Cc: Mgs@Autox.Team.Net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: 24 May, 2002 5:44 AM
Subject: Re: angle drive
> James,
>
> That's the kind of information I was looking for. The only problem I can
> foresee, is that the square stock will not have the flex that the original
> drive had, but if you've done it and found that it worked, I'm willing to
> give it a go.
>
> Thanks,
> Fred
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "james" <jamesnazarian@netzero.net>
> To: "Fred Pixley" <fpixley@kingston.net>; "Mgs@Autox.Team.Net"
> <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 10:10 PM
> Subject: Re: angle drive
>
>
> > There is a brass(?) piece in there that the stud would have been pressed
> > into. Just find the appropriate square stock, slightly less than 1/8"
and
> > available from hardware stores. Slip it into this brass thing and
solder
> it
> > from the back to fix it in place. I used 1/8" stock and sanded it all
> > around until it was the right size. I think the piece you need is 1.5
> > inches long, but you should be able to figure it out. The brass thing
is
> > pressed into the gear and it is easiest to get it out of the gear to do
> the
> > fix. They don't take a lot of force, an appropriate drift and a few
> hammer
> > blows should do it.
> >
> > If you don't have the angle drive open yet, and thus none of this makes
> > sense, that is also easy. The cap opposite the stud is held on by three
> > points where the body of the angle drive is hammered over it, I don't
> > remember what these marks are called. Just get rid of these three
points
> > and give the stud area a tap and the cover, gear, and a couple of
washers
> > will fall out the back. I don't remember the order of the washers (one
is
> > cupped) but test fit everything after you are done and assemble it such
> that
> > there is no endplay.
> >
> > After you are done, give the rim a few hits with a punch/drift to make
the
> > same kind of marks to fix the cap back in place. The whole process
should
> > take less than 1 hour and requires little more than common sense.
> >
> > james
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