[Spridgets] more speedometer fun!

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This can also be caused by the wrong pin on either end. -
i have even seem Speedo's off because of to many twists in the driving cable.
At least i think that what was the problem. - i pulled it out and put the same
cable in.
The speedo stoped junping between a ten mile range & was smooth again..
I have also seen the gears on either end bad causing problems.
 
Vigil

--- On Sun, 5/23/10, Frank Clarici <spritenut at comcast.net> wrote:


From: Frank Clarici <spritenut at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] more speedometer fun!
To: ryan.kubanoff at comcast.net
Cc: "spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010, 6:11 PM


On 5/23/2010 6:38 PM, ryan.kubanoff at comcast.net wrote:
> So i hit the cable with liberal amounts of graphite and reinstalled it and
snugged it back into its gauge. the speedo works fairly well at speeds under
30 but when the car is shifted into 3rd and DRIVEN.....i can do 110+ in 3rd
gear! somehow this doesn't seem correct (although if it was real would be lots
o fun!).
> I pulled the cable out of the gauge and used my finger to see how it was
working and all seemed well. Any ideas as to what is the cause or how to fix?
This will be my 2nd speedo in 3 years.

I think your speedometer drive gear, the spiral inside the tranny, is slipping
on the rear shaft.
Or the drive gear itself is shot.
I have both, the plastic drive is an easy fix, if it's the spiral inside the
tranny, that is no fun.
Some transmission dis-assembly required.


-- Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
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