Re: [AMC-list] ancient Gemmer steering gear, ancient starter motor

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, I got the front bumper hung, have to elongate the mount holds.
Needs to go 1/8" to the left and I believe I can get away with tucking
it back 1/4" 

Looks pretty cool though

Mark Price
Morgantown, WV 26508 
AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
"I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens!"

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> From: "tom jennings" <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> To: "Rambler AMC, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 10:49:25 PM
> Subject: [AMC-list] ancient Gemmer steering gear, ancient starter motor
> 
> well it appears the desert era has ended. i actually worked on a
> rambler.
> that robot-building job i had last fall just ruined me. seem to be
> cured of
> it.
> 
> aka what I did not do to my rambler(s) this winter
> 
> 
> so to prepare for rallying the american this summer/fall i'm actually
> working on that stuff that will make the car super-tight. Steering
> gearbox,
> that really odd (but aircraft-like) steering linkage, that on a
> Classic is
> simply a forged rod with holes for the rod ends, but on the American,
> is a
> hollow tube filled with half-ball sockets and springs. that's been
> sitting
> on the shelf ready to go for a few months.
> 
> i bought a spare steering box from Bruce Gasser last summer, just
> today tore
> it down. Absolutely no lubricant in it, looks like it ran out back
> before
> Nixon got caught. Parts seem just fine, oddly, even the tapered
> roller
> bearings. tomorrow i begin the search for seals (wish me luck i'll
> need it).
> it's a lovely design, probably costs more to make than
> circulating-ball
> types. very simple to work on and to adjust.
> 
> sure will be nice to have tight-like-new steering!
> 
> the "vintage" (sic) american racing torque-thrust D's from the classic
> will
> go on the american (i bought them NEW at All Tire in San Fran, back in
> the
> 80's, during my SOLO II days, they were not vintage then!). since the
> american is no longer a commuter box, i'll put super-sticky tires on
> it,
> probably drop .75" off the tire diameter to bring the revs up for a
> bit more
> grunt without losing top end (increased a bit by the balance cam carb
> and
> ignition).
> 
> 
> so my starter motor was acting strangely, and getting worse fast.
> kept
> "popping out", i assumed a solenoid problem, bought a new one, no
> help. went
> to buy a new/rebuilt, found i can't buy one (and local rebuilders do
> crap
> work) so i just bought all the parts from rockauto.
> 
> (gotta love a car where you can drop a starter in 15 minutes using
> only
> three combo wrenches)
> 
> upon disassembly i found a big chunk of bronze brush flopping around
> in the
> commutator and brushes! amazing it didn't ruin the windings. so the
> motor
> was shorting out, that was the source of the starter "popping out".
> brushes
> worn down to nubs.
> 
> so tuesday i'll clean up the commutator on the small desktop lathe at
> work
> (I want one of those, $1200 lathe plus enough tooling), new brushes,
> bushes,
> new clutch-gear thingie, should be good for another decade.
> 
> i have most of the parts to fit the front antisway bar, gotta weld up
> brackets, that's easy enough and all thought out. swaybar is a rambler
> part,
> classic i think, but not certain, but it's about perfect for the
> american
> when installed backwards.
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