Why do you need a angle drive on a T/R 3, I have O/D and no angle drive, never a
problem.
Tony Rhodes wrote:
> Yes, my immediate re-failure of the angle drive reinforced my attempts
> to "think outside the box". Just because the angle drive had poor
>lubrication,
> and it was not a big surprise that it failed, all the elements down the line
> MUST be checked just to be sure that the angle drive did not fail due to
> something else seizing.... Like the speedometer. My mechanic has had
> 2 others do the same thing in the months following me. He had rarely seen it
> before. I guess the speedometer lubrication is getting to the point where
> failures will be coming more regularly. Even so, mechanical is better than
> electronic as far as maintenance and repair goes. Where will our expensive,
>modern
> all-electronic cars be in 35 years? Immobile and in the dumpster is where!
>
> Tony
> Message text written by "Andy Dixon"
> >Same here,
> When I took my '6 to Germany, I spent an awful lot of time on the road. Not
> to beat the TR, I had a Sierra that I flogged at 120+ mph everywhere I went.
> Ordered the angle drive from TRF, popped it in, took her for a test drive,
> 50 ft later - toasted angle drive.
> Andy D
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