Fw: Pinion gear restore

["Gary Walker" <NashFlash@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Gary,
    Take the shaft to a good machine shop and let them fix the threads right
if the gears are worth the repair estimate.   The best kind of shop to take
it to is a "Machine Works" type of shop that can do things that an engine
shop may not be able to do.  These shops will put a small job like that
aside until they have more of these to do, then they will usually give you a
good deal.  I had a transmission shaft journal built up and turned back down
for $25.00 several years ago.  To replace the shaft would have cost me about
$300.00 at that time.   There is more than one way that your repair can be
done and be done well.   Check them out.
            Your AMC friend,
             Gary Walker


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "AMC List" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 11:35 AM
Subject: Pinion gear restore


> Hope someone can help here. I have a set of 3:54 gears that has some
damage
> to the threads on the pinion. Has anyone had a similar situation and fixed
> this? If so, how? Because of it's hardened state, I am assuming it may be
a
> lost cause. Thanks for any help.
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> Gary N
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