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IIRC, the 6-cyl drivers aren't terribly expensive, but last I checked
the 4-cyl drives were a couple hundred bucks. My dad and I spent a
weekend rebuilding one; works great with a rebuilt speedo. Now, if I
could only get the tach to behave.
On 7/22/2020 1:16 PM, Perry via Healeys wrote:
>
> Steve/Listers
>
> When we left Hawaii nearly ten years ago, I went through a purge of
> used damaged parts or parts that were not worth the effort. At that
> time I had a box of used angle drives, probably 20-25, maybe more and
> not one was usable. Either the cover plate was missing, the gears were
> chewed up or some other self destruction issue. There were a lot of
> the units that were totally dry inside. Even had on that looked like
> it had melted. I never figured that one out.
>
> The best of the bits were gathered up and the rest were tossed. As it
> turned out there was lots of room in the shipping containers and those
> little parts would have fit easily. Still shipped 19,000 pounds of
> parts including a hundred shock cores and other seemingly eternal
> Austin Healey parts like brake drums, a monumental amount of brake
> shoes and many suspension bits, but that is a different story.
>
> Perhaps at what ever interval the gearbox/OD cover is removed for any
> maintenance that it would be a good idea to squeeze a little bit of
> grease into the unit. I guess it would be good to lube your speedo
> cable at the same time. Donâ??t overdo it as too much grease will
> produce a negative outcome. ð???
>
> P
>
> Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
> Windows 10
>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, July 22, 2020 2:15 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [Healeys] Angle drive screw
>
> Since the location of the screw on the angle drives for BJ7s and BJ8s
> makes it quite an operation to use it for lubrication purposes, I
> conclude that the screw is just there for when the same drive is used
> on other vehicles with better access.   I bet very few BJ7/BJ8 owners
> have ever lubricated the angle drive, so it must not be critical.
>
> Thanks to all for the responses.
>
> Steve Byers
>
> HBJ8L/36666
>
> BJ8 Registry
>
> AHCA Delegate at Large
>
> Havelock, NC USA
>
> *From:*Michael MacLean [mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 22, 2020 12:44 PM
> *To:* Jean Caron; Jean Caron via Healeys; Max Byers;
> healeys@autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Angle drive screw
>
> Same kind of lube point screw in OEM gear reduction drives for Bugeye
> speedos. Just like everything else on these cars, you can't hurt it
> by lubing the crap out of anything that moves.
>
> Mike MacLean
>
> Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail on Android
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>
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 5:40 AM, Jean Caron via Healeys
>
> <healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
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IIRC, the 6-cyl drivers aren't terribly expensive, but last I
checked the 4-cyl drives were a couple hundred bucks. My dad and I
spent a weekend rebuilding one; works great with a rebuilt speedo.
Now, if I could only get the tach to behave.<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/22/2020 1:16 PM, Perry via Healeys
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<p class="MsoNormal">Steve/Listers</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When we left Hawaii nearly ten years ago, I
went through a purge of used damaged parts or parts that were
not worth the effort. At that time I had a box of used angle
drives, probably 20-25, maybe more and not one was usable.Â
Either the cover plate was missing, the gears were chewed up
or some other self destruction issue. There were a lot of the
units that were totally dry inside. Even had on that looked
like it had melted. I never figured that one out.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The best of the bits were gathered up and
the rest were tossed. As it turned out there was lots of room
in the shipping containers and those little parts would have
fit easily. Still shipped 19,000 pounds of parts including a
hundred shock cores and other seemingly eternal Austin Healey
parts like brake drums, a monumental amount of brake shoes and
many suspension bits, but that is a different story. Â </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Perhaps at what ever interval the
gearbox/OD cover is removed for any maintenance that it would
be a good idea to squeeze a little bit of grease into the
unit. I guess it would be good to lube your speedo cable at
the same time. Donâ??t overdo it as too much grease will produce
a negative outcome. <span style="font-family:"Segoe UI
Emoji",sans-serif">ð???</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">P</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>Â </o:p></p>
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moz-do-not-send="true">Max Byers via Healeys</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, July 22, 2020 2:15 PM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";
moz-do-not-send="true">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] Angle drive screw</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>Â </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Since the
location of the screw on the angle drives for BJ7s and BJ8s
makes it quite an operation to use it for lubrication
purposes, I conclude that the screw is just there for when
the same drive is used on other vehicles with better
access.   I bet very few BJ7/BJ8 owners have ever
lubricated the angle drive, so it must not be
critical.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="color:#1F497D">Â <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks to all
for the responses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="color:#1F497D"><o:p>Â </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Steve
Byers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="color:#1F497D">HBJ8L/36666<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">BJ8
Registry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">AHCA Delegate
at Large<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Havelock, NCÂ
USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="color:#1F497D"><o:p>Â </o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span
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Michael MacLean [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net";>mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 22, 2020 12:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jean Caron; Jean Caron via Healeys; Max Byers;
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";>healeys@autox.team.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Angle drive
screw<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Same kind of lube point screw in OEM gear
reduction drives for Bugeye speedos. Just like everything
else on these cars, you can't hurt it by lubing the crap out
of anything that moves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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