<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div aria-label="Compose body">Bakelite, perhaps?<br></div><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div aria-label="Compose body">I've had speedos with both types of gears; I think the Bakelite ones are actually a bit sturdier. The plastic ones tend to crack radially, which causes the indicator needle to bounce regularly, proportional to speed.<br></div><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div aria-label="Compose body">Bob<br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Bob<br>They say on their web shop that the gears have a 5 mm hole, so presumably it's up to the customer to fit it on the shaft<br>.And I didn't even know that the gears are available. As a side note, what they sell are the modern gears made of plastic, the old gears were made of some fiber material, can't remember the name at the moment, that gets a bit brittle over the years.<br><div><br></div>Per<br></div></div><hr><span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" data-mce-style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Från: </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bob Spidell</span><br><span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" data-mce-style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Skickat: </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2015-07-28 19:51</span><br><span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" data-mce-style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Till: </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Chris Masucci</span><br><span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" data-mce-style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Kopia: </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">healeys</span><br><span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" data-mce-style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Ämne: </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Re: [Healeys] Speedometer gear</span><br><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><div>I'm working from (always suspect) memory, but aren't these gears--odometer and tripmeter--pressed onto small steel shafts, for driving the ratcheting mechanisms? Do the gears come with the shafts?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Bob<br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><br><div><a href="http://m.odometergears.com/mobile/products/Jaeger-Smiths/All/37" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://m.odometergears.com/mobile/products/Jaeger-Smiths/All/37">http://m.odometergears.com/mobile/products/Jaeger-Smiths/All/37</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br></div>Chris<div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div><div><br>On Jul 28, 2015, at 9:53 AM, <<a href="mailto:healey3776@gmail.com" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:healey3776@gmail.com">healey3776@gmail.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:healey3776@gmail.com" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:healey3776@gmail.com">healey3776@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><div><br></div></div><blockquote><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Calibri"; font-size: 14pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-size: 14pt;"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 13pt;" class="MsoNormal" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;">My BJ8 speedometer has a broken phenolic gear that runs the trip odometer and I need to find a new one. I called Nisonger Instruments this am about a replacement. They have them but don’t sell </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 13pt;" class="MsoNormal" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;">them. Obviously there is little money in supplying this gear but there must be somewhere that it can be purchased. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" data-mce-style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If anyone knows please let me know.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 13pt;" class="MsoNormal" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;">Mel Brunet</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 13pt;" class="MsoNormal" data-mce-style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;" data-mce-style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;">67 BJ8</span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><br><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>