On Thursday 23 November 2017 14:16:27 jrmitchellj . wrote: > Before going to all the trouble, I would consult the Boston Gear > catalog. > Humm, that means I'll have to know exactly what it is and all I know atm is that its 11 teeth. He thinks anyway.
Would anybody at Boston Gear know exactly what it is? Like the chances they made the OEM part for caddy? > Happy thanksgiving! > You too Ray. Thanks. > Ray > > --J. Ray Mitchell Jr. > jrmitche...@gmail.com > > > > The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. > The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the > occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We > must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our > country.*Abraham Lincoln > <http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Abraham_Lincoln/>*, *Annual > message to Congress, December 1, 1862* > *16th president of US (1809 - 1865)* > > On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 11:06 AM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > A friend of the next door neighbors kid brother collared me at the > > grocery store today. Seems he has acquired an 88 caddy that has > > spent the last 30 years parked in a garage, collecting zero miles. > > > > But it has just broken some teeth off the speedometer gear in the > > transmission, and without that data the transmission is acting > > berserk and has rendered a showroom caddy un-driveable. > > > > And he wants me to see if I can restore this broken, probably > > plastic or phenolic gear. > > > > I have a hunch that as soon as I get this encoder working, then I > > had better get to work on my 4" rotary table as I'll need it to cut > > fresh teeth in the replacement plastic, or maybe even brass. > > > > Caddy has been queried about it, but the last of those service parts > > was sold out in 2008 according to their reply. So its make a new > > one, or else junk the caddy. > > > > If I elect to do brass, that will probably need a specially ground > > tapered mill or a single tooth flycutter. Does anyone know where one > > might obtain a drawing for such a tool? Or should I jut try to > > duplicate something that fits the remaining teeth on this one when > > it arrives? > > > > Thanks guys. > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > -- > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------ > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's > most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
