Actually the cable can slip in along side the spedo gear part that it is
supose to fit into. Guess how I know that.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Altman" <doug_altman@yahoo.com>
To: <ryan.kubanoff@comcast.net>; "spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Speedomiter cable
> Ryan - Make sure the square end that goes into the transmission is not
> slipping inside the speedo gear. Sometimes the gear wears out and rounds
> out
> in the hole that accepts the cable and you get a speedo that works
> sometimes,
> and sometimes, under pressure, will not. I had to solder some tin on two
> sides of the square end of the cable so that it fit more snuggly in the
> speedo
> gear. Works great, now. Doug ....o~'o
> To: spridgets
> <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sat, May 22, 2010 9:08:47 AM
> Subject:
> [Spridgets] Speedomiter cable
>
> so my speedomiter and odometer stopped working
> even though the cable was tight to the gauge. I pulled the cable out of
> the
> gauge and it spun but erasily slid out of the housing. so I pulled the
> whole
> thing out and found rust ( dusting ) on the cable where it bends.
> 2
> questions:
> 1. what do I use to lube this ? regular grease or something
> better?
> 2. the plastic nipple that stops just before the end that goes into
> the gauge is less than 1/2" from the edge of the cable. should this be
> farther
> back?
>
> thanks
> ryan
> no officer i don't know how fast I am going because my
> speedo cable is in the boot.
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