Yep, I've seen this too Dave. (in a trans I tore down to rebuild). It was
exactly that way. It was supposed a rebuild from VB.
Gerard
At 9:13 PM -0400 9/1/02, Dave Yealy wrote:
>You are going to hate to hear this but if you are running a ribcase tranny
>the nut holding the gear inside the tranny is loose. You have to pull the
>tranny and take off the back half of the tranny and tighten this nut and
>then comes the fun part of trying to get the two tranny pieces back together
>so the shifter levers line up. I had the same problem I tried and tried to
>get the two halves back together and finally gave up and took it to an
>expert. If you look in the new V.B. catalog (SM 39) on page 93 the nut is
>part 45 and the gear that is turning is part 46.
>
>Dave
>60 Bugeye
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bill L" <pythias@pacifier.com>
>To: <Spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 7:10 PM
>Subject: speedo probs
>
>
>> Hello Spridgets,
>>
>> my speedo is erratic. i traced the problem back to the
>> tranny, as the cable itself does NOT always turn. ..
>>
>> what are the chances that a new speedo pinion gear will fix
>> it? (and is that, as it seems a strictly external
>> operation?) and what are the chances that it will have to
>> wait for a tranny rebuild?.
>>
>> tips, hints, suggestions?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Bill mailto:pythias@pacifier.com
>> '66 Sprite
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