[TR] 66 TR4A Speedo Drive removal (non-OD)

[Darrell Walker]

Just a quick update, since I have it out now.  Thanks for all of the suggestions, I actually got it out before my message even went out, for some reason I didn’t see it back until today, when I sent it yesterday.

Anyway, what I ended up doing was using a screwdriver in the gap between the housing and the cable nut, moving around to get new fulcrums as it started moving out.  It was really stuck, it was almost all of the way out before I was able to get it to move the last little bit by hand.  The only downside was that I munged the cable nut up pretty good doing this, so I’ll be putting a new cable in as well.

One I got it out, the next mystery was how to replace the seal inside.  It turns out the exposed end is really a cap that is threaded into the body.  After a bit of persuasion, I was able to get that removed, and can now replace the inner seal as well as the o-ring.  But first I need to make sure the housing can be put back with a reasonable amount of forces, as I will need to line up the bolt that holds it in place.

I did get one suggestion with pictures of custom puller, which would have done the trick and probably not required the sacrifice of the cable.  Maybe next time…

-Darrell


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Darrell Walker
66 TR4A IRS-SC CTC67956L
81 TR8 SATPZ458XBA406206
Vancouver, WA, USA