QA42A chute control rod

[powerpooch]

Hi
I just picked up a QA42A with a broken chute control rod. I think its missing stuff rather than broken. It has the sprocket with the rod attached in the center of it, that goes threw a support housing, and the rod just ends there. How it ends doesn't look broken, it has a half circle in it, same as the rod that would somehow connect to that this end (the other end of this rod goes to the the universal joint).

In looking I realized I am missing a spring, but is there anything else I'm missing?
If I add a spring, and just has the two piece welded together, would there be a problem?

Sorry if my description is hard to follow, I can post a picture in about 1.5 days if needed.
Thank you

[Matt G.]

This is what you need:

chute_rotator (Custom).jpg

[powerpooch]

Thank you
Now that i looked closer at the one I have, i see its broke. The spring part looks really easy to duplicate. I might have the rod welded and then drill a hole above the original hole and use a longer spring maybe. It also depends on how well the welder can do.

[powerpooch]

I contacted R.F. Houtz and Son the other day and bought a used sprocket and spring. Also got the top link that I was missing from them. He said the parts would be shipped today. to hold the spring in place, I'm going to use a cotter pin and just use a washer, which looks like you have the same.
Anyway, thank you for the picture, it was a big help in figuring out how it should go.

[Matt G.]

I would highly recommend replacing the really crappy stamped-steel U-joint with a die-cast pin-and-block U-joint like the one in my picture. It really makes the rotation work a lot better. You can get them from McMaster-Carr.

[powerpooch]

Thank you, that is probably something I have to do in the future. Currently my car is sitting in the driveway because the transmission has some problem and although I don't think it needs a rebuild, its going to cost $200 to $400 to fix. Half the cost is going to be in reading the codes from the transmission. Its a 93 with a full electronic trans, so yea, I don't have a lot of options nor do I have a lot of money so I'm just working on getting things fixed, and as time goes on, updating them.