[TR] TR3 Speedo cable

[dlylis at gmail.com]

I put a J type in my 3A and used the angle drive. I got precisely 72 miles as evidenced by the zeroed out odometer, before the thing failed. 
A good quality part. 
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Randall" <TR3driver at ca.rr.com>
Sender: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:37:40 
To: 'Triumphs'<triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 Speedo cable

> What is the consensus of triumphazzi?

Not the consensus, just my opinion : It's an expensive, delicate,
failure-prone piece.  I've covered well over 100,000 miles with that "major
curve" as you call it (which is actually gentler than the other curves in
the cable) and never had a cable fail.  Didn't even bother replacing it when
I moved the OD to the 'project' TR3.

But I had gone less than 50 miles in the Stag, before it's _freshly
replaced_ angle drive died.

It's definitely a de-improvement in my book.  Unfortunately the Stag body
(like the other later Triumphs) makes it impossible to connect the cable
without using the angle drive.

Randall

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