on 3/23/01 12:06 AM, Charley & Peggy Robinson at ccrobins@ktc.com wrote:
Charley, I knew some had an angle drive there, but I didn't realize it was a
different part than the one on the other end (why is that, I wonder? I
suppose because it has to be smaller to fit the cramped space behind the
padded dash -- that or the fitting is different on the smaller speedo). The
early metal dash cars don't need an angle drive behind the speedo, since the
cable has a straight shot through the firewall. No danger of kinks at all.
As I said, the reason you would use the longer cable on these cars is to get
rid of the angle drive on the tranny end. That is what I (and Larry, too)
was advocating. As you say, the one behind the speedo may very well be
necessary on those cars where it was originally fitted.
> Max, in case you didn't know, some (maybe all?) Bs came with an angle
> drive attached to the speedo. It's smaller in diameter than the one on
> the tranny. The reason you don't see them too often is that the little
> boogers are expensive, if you can find one and the "we tight" approach
> when they fail (as all mechanical devices eventually do) is to use the
> less expensive, longer OD speedo cable. This is usually a false
> economy, IMHO, because it often leads to premature failure of the cable
> at the tight bend behind the speedo.
>
> Cheers,
>
> CR
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