I had the same trouble with the ones from Moss. After a little bit of
field adjusting of the claw clamp thingy I was able to get all but one of my
new units to work.
The bad one will forever be in the pile or "crap from foreign countries".
I am very surprised that no one has come up with a better joint than these.
So much
depends on the claw clamp integrity that it really spooks me. If one of
those decides to give up its holding power I can only imagine what might
happen. When I purchased my car one joint was reinforced with bailing
wire. Pretty scary.
What supplier do you use Norm and David?
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: <Warthodson@aol.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 9:44 AM
Subject: [Healeys] linkage ball & socket
> Several club members are working on restoring their throttle linkages &
> need
> to replace some badly worn ball & socket assemblies. Two of them have
> examined the replacements being sold by Victoria British & have reported
> that they
> are very poor quality. I have not seen them myself, but apparently the
> ball &
> sockets are a very loose fit, resulting in lots of slop & the "clip"
> assembly is also not well manufactured. I know, in general, the
> replacement parts
> from Burlen are of very good quality but have never purchased the ball &
> socks
> from them. Have any of you purchased these from Burlen & what have you
> thought of the quality? I would be surprised if there were several
> companies
> actualling manufacturing these items. Any other thought or suggestions
> would be
> welcome.
> Gary Hodson
>
> http://www.team.net/archive
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