[Healeys] Spedo/Cable/Angle Drive - BJ8

[Bob Yule]

    The cable in the speedo should turn very easily.  My money is still on 
the speedo being a problem.  The bushing that the magnet shaft goes through 
will seize when it gets warm and it will break the angle drive.  This shaft 
and bushing have to be clean. Remove the angle drive. If the part that goes 
into the transmission is broken off, retrieve it.  Remove the cable from the 
back of the speedo and insert the broken piece from the angle drive, just 
far enough that you can still get hold of it.  Now try turning the speedo 
with your fingers anti-clockwise.  It should turn very easily.  If 
everything checks out OK, then look at the cable.  There should be no frayed 
areas, and if the speedo is hard to turn an older cable will "bulge" and 
bind in the outer sheath causing angle drive failure.  Having rambled on 
enough, my money is, as I said, still on a problem with the speedo.
Cheers.......Bob
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "R. Price Lindsay" <price at advocateadvisors.com>
To: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 8:21 PM
Subject: [Healeys] Spedo/Cable/Angle Drive - BJ8


> At Conclave my speedo stops working. There was a mechanic there that
> told me the speedo was frozen, causing the system to fail. I pulled
> the speedo and had it repaired/rebuilt. I also removed the angle drive
> and the male part into the od was broken.