Re: [Emc-users] oddball job

2017-11-23 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users
What's the model of Cadillac? If it's rear wheel drive the gears are readily available from places like bowtieoverdrives.com Advance Auto Parts shows speedo drive and driven gears for front drive GM cars. Would be an interesting project to try, but the part should be available off the shelf.

Re: [Emc-users] oddball job

2017-11-23 Thread jeremy youngs
Make model engine. I build transmissions and can check my heap or suppliers. Maybe even a pic. Feel free to pm me gene On Nov 23, 2017 4:53 PM, "Chris Albertson" wrote: > Almost certainly a gear like this in not a simple spur gear. Likely > a hypoid gear. The only way you are going to be able

Re: [Emc-users] oddball job

2017-11-23 Thread Chris Albertson
Almost certainly a gear like this in not a simple spur gear. Likely a hypoid gear. The only way you are going to be able to make spiral bevel cut gear at home is either with a CNC mill or 3D printer I would try printing with nylon. The quick way to model the gear is to go to McMaster Carr or

Re: [Emc-users] oddball job

2017-11-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 23 November 2017 16:53:55 Peter Blodow wrote: > Gene, > I assume that you have the gear which the one in question is to mesh > with. Knowing the number of teeth desired (11), you should be able to > find out or calculate the gear's properties, get a brass (or plastic) > blank and produ

Re: [Emc-users] oddball job

2017-11-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 23 November 2017 15:53:16 andy pugh wrote: > On 23 November 2017 at 19:37, Gene Heskett wrote: > > 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. > > I can't find anything smaller than 17. > > Here is a kit. > http

Re: [Emc-users] oddball job

2017-11-23 Thread Todd Zuercher
Message - From: dave To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Sent: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 15:21:03 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] oddball job Ya mean there isn't a dead '88 Caddy in a junk yard near by. I assume the gear is in the rear of the transmission. That is the first place I

Re: [Emc-users] oddball job

2017-11-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 23 November 2017 15:40:05 Stuart Stevenson wrote: > Knowing the caddy model would help but it looks as if Cadillac used > Chevy or Old's transmissions during those years. The transmission > insert with gear and generator should be easy to find. > > On Nov 23, 2017 1:07 PM, "Gene Hesket

Re: [Emc-users] oddball job

2017-11-23 Thread Peter Blodow
Gene, I assume that you have the gear which the one in question is to mesh with. Knowing the number of teeth desired (11), you should be able to find out or calculate the gear's properties, get a brass (or plastic) blank and produce the item on a mill (if you have a dividing head). Will be fas

Re: [Emc-users] oddball job

2017-11-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 23 November 2017 15:21:03 dave wrote: > Ya mean there isn't a dead '88 Caddy in a junk yard near by. I assume > the gear is in the rear of the transmission. > That is the first place I would look. > > Dave Yeah, but the junk yards long ago turned in the "gas guzzlers" and crushed the

Re: [Emc-users] oddball job

2017-11-23 Thread andy pugh
On 23 November 2017 at 19:37, Gene Heskett wrote: > 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. I can't find anything smaller than 17. Here is a kit. https://www.ebay.com/itm/152789270058 -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle

Re: [Emc-users] oddball job

2017-11-23 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Knowing the caddy model would help but it looks as if Cadillac used Chevy or Old's transmissions during those years. The transmission insert with gear and generator should be easy to find. On Nov 23, 2017 1:07 PM, "Gene Heskett" wrote: > Greetings all; > > A friend of the next door neighbors kid

Re: [Emc-users] oddball job

2017-11-23 Thread dave
Ya mean there isn't a dead '88 Caddy in a junk yard near by. I assume the gear is in the rear of the transmission. That is the first place I would look. Dave On 11/23/2017 11:37 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Thursday 23 November 2017 14:16:27 jrmitchellj . wrote: Before going to all the trouble

Re: [Emc-users] oddball job

2017-11-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 23 November 2017 14:28:18 andy pugh wrote: > On 23 November 2017 at 19:06, Gene Heskett wrote: > > 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. > > Have you

Re: [Emc-users] oddball job

2017-11-23 Thread Gene Heskett
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 wh

Re: [Emc-users] oddball job

2017-11-23 Thread andy pugh
On 23 November 2017 at 19:06, Gene Heskett wrote: > 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. Have you tried eBay? https://www.ebay.com/itm/281562036599 -- atp "A motor

Re: [Emc-users] oddball job

2017-11-23 Thread jrmitchellj .
Before going to all the trouble, I would consult the Boston Gear catalog. Happy thanksgiving! 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

[Emc-users] oddball job

2017-11-23 Thread Gene Heskett
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,