Re: Stewart's 1955 Packard 400

Posted by HH56 On 2023/8/3 19:06:16

You might want to check that the collar like end of the tube they are using for a stop on the worm drive tubes is in good shape and the tube cannot drive into the end mount. One of mine was shot and the tube kept going too far and getting jammed in the recess. The link I gave a few posts ago for the roll pin tool goes to a thread I started about that issue and finally adding a limit switch so the tube could not reach the end.

In addition to the cracked motor wires also look at the little rubber coupling that goes on the shafts between the motor and worm drive. If that is dry and cracked the metal segments that go in the slots and provide the connection can twist out.