[TR] TR6 Speedo Cable Broken

[thenicholls at verizon.net]

Randall and Aaron,

I am in the same situation wtih my 1972 Triumph TR6.  Speedo is good. 
The cable I bought from TRF was installed by me previously, but I could 
not get it to work.  Put old cable back on, worked until last week when 
it broke.

I thought only OD trannys had a right-angle drive, is that not correct? 
Anyone ever order the one piece cable from anyone besides TRF?  Did it 
work?

Thanks in advance,

Craig H. Nicholls
1972 Triumph TR6


On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 11:33 PM, Randall wrote:

>> Anyone had any problems caused by the right angle drive?
>
> Actually, my first thought was "How do you know it wasn't the angle 
> drive
> that failed ?".  My experience has been that they are much more 
> fragile than
> the cable.
>
> Also FWIW, my latest Stag had just had a new angle drive fitted when I
> picked it up.  Speedo worked great for the first hour or so, then 
> quit.
> Later investigation showed the angle drive was sheared.  The speedo 
> head
> still worked, I'm certain a drill motor would have turned it fine (tho 
> I
> didn't try), but spinning it with a small screwdriver and my 
> "calibrated"
> fingers said it was too stiff.  Yet another angle drive, different 
> speedo
> head ... it's still working several years later.
>
> So, two points :
> 1) It may take more than a couple of minutes for the dry bushing to 
> heat up
> enough to notice.
> 2) The angle drive will transmit far less force than your drill motor.
>
> Randall
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