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On 6/25/2015 at 12:33 PM, AlanT said:

Maybe grease has got into the speedo head from the drive cable.

This could allow the spinning magnet to drag the needle a bit.

 

It's not easy to think of things that make the reading be too fast.

Too slow has obvious causes.

 

By the way I have a genuine Smiths drive that should work fine.

Came to me with a broken wire and has my 3mm key-steel fix for this.

It's like the one I did for Neil.

 

Also the Smiths originals are so much better than the repros I will buy any broken ones

and try to rebuild them.

 

On 1/10/2016 at 8:16 AM, AlanT said:

Next batch done, photos as promised:

 

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These are all original Smiths. In most cases the wire-stub was rotating in the bevel-gear.

This is a common failure mode.

 

I have replaced this wire-stub with 3mm key-steel as discussed on this topic:

 

http://www.tr-register.co.uk/forums/index.php?/topic/47968-pesky-right-angled-drives/page-3

I would be interested in purchasing one for a 1973 MGB, which is currently and repeatedly eating the cheap angle drives available from Moss.

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