[TR] Speedometer Cable

[David Porter]

I'm lucky to have MO-MA only a few minutes from my shop and I'm in there 
quite often. Joey, the long time employee of Margaret's, who is now the 
new owner after her passing said to me when I showed up with a hand full 
of broken angle drives that "we don't fix them much anymore" "Moss sells 
them now"
  Anyway, I had him cut some stock cable and hammer the square end (with 
an old hammer press jig) and what he does is cut the cable with plain 
dikes then dress the end on a bench grinder to give the very shallow 
angled point.
  George's method is fine too.
Dave
On 11/6/2014 6:29 AM, Geo Hahn wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Check how much the end of the cable protrudes out of the housing (not the
>> nut) with the inner cable pushed in as far as it will go.  It should be no
>> more than 3/8".  If more, you need to trim it.
>>
>
> I'll add - when I cut a speedo cable I use an angle grinder -- never a
> hacksaw or such -- you want to preserve the wrap of the individual wires.
> For just a small adjustment you could probably just dress the end on a
> grinder but take it slow.
>
> Geo
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