[Healeys] angle speedo drive BJ8

[Price Lindsay]

Mike -

It's been a few years but I've been there. After 2 or 3 angle drives and a rebuild of my speedo a couple of times, it turned out the speedo end of the cable was too long causing the cable to bind in the speedo. Per MoMa, the exposed length of cable at the speedo end with the nut that attaches to the speedo fully pulled up should be 3/16".  My notes also show the amount of exposed cable at the speedo end, sans attaching nut, should be 3/8". I believe you can use fibre washers to make this adjustment. 

Once I adjusted the speedo end my problems have gone away, at least for the last 4,000 miles. 

Price Lindsay
67 BJ8


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> On May 10, 2015, at 9:52 AM, Mike Garvey <r3m1g4 at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> In the three years that I have owned my BJ8, I have gone through three right angle speedometer drives.  The failure is that the short coil spring drive from the transmission to the helical gear fails; it looks like a birds nest of broken wires.  I am aware of the critical spacer washer that must not be forgotten; in fact, this last time, I put in two spacer washers, trying to overcome any marginal tolerance issues.  I also lubricated the speedometer cable liberally with lithium grease.
> I checked the autox archive and this question went around in 2009; at the time, the remedy was to use only graphite (no grease) to lubricate the speedometer cable.  Is this still the conventional wisdom?  Any advice on how to clean out the outer part of the speedometer cable?
> Thanks, Mike
>  
> Michael Garvey
> 1967 BJ8/38046
> Swampscott, MA
>  
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