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Re: [Healeys] angle speedo drive BJ8

To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] angle speedo drive BJ8
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 10 May 2015 10:13:02 -0700
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I'll throw another out there ... Presumably, you have been buying new 
angle drives from the usual suspects; I've found that many of the new 
parts are not being built to the standards of the originals (duh).  I'm 
on the first and only angle drive in my BJ8 with nearly 190K miles; so 
there's no reason these can't last the lifetime of the car, but there 
has been a spate of bad parts recently--water pumps, bearings, most any 
rubber part, etc.--and maybe the repro drives just ain't up to snuff.  
Also, there were some cables sold that were too long; but I believe they 
mostly damaged the speedo.

I'll repeat my recommendation for silicone lubricant; among its other 
qualities it doesn't seem to attract dirt and dust like just about any 
other lubricant.  I've tried moly grease, white lithium grease and 
graphite powder--which is exceedingly messy to handle and apply--on 
speedo cables and the silicone oil has worked best (my speedo is rock 
solid at all speeds).  I used it on the Bendix drive of my starter and 
it's worked flawlessly for over 100K miles.  I know it persists because 
silicone is extremely difficult to remove from paint.

Bob

On 5/10/2015 9:19 AM, Mike Garvey wrote:
>
> I neglected to mention that about half way through this saga, I had 
> the speedometer rebuilt by West Valley Instruments; presumably they 
> would have lubricated any necessary areas.Any other ideas welcomeâ?¦
>
> Thanks, Mike
>
> **
>
> Hi Mike,
> After about the same number of failures I found that the problem was 
> actually in the speedometer itself.
> In both cases where I have encountered the problem the odometer itself 
> was actually seizing causing the cable to sort of corkscrew and then 
> the angle drive failed.
> If you hold the speedometer loosely in your hands and use a drill to 
> run the drive, anticlockwise when looking at the back of the 
> instrument, after a while you will probably detect resistance to turning.
> I took mine apart and sparingly lubricated the odo and trip shafts and 
> in both cases the problem was solved.
>
> Michael S
> BN1 #174
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *Sent: *â??10/â??05/â??2015 9:52 a.m.
> *Subject: *[Healeys] angle speedo drive BJ8
>
> In the three years that I have owned my BJ8, I have gone through three 
> right angle speedometer drives.The failure is that the short coil 
> spring drive from the transmission to the helical gear fails; it looks 
> like a birds nest of broken wires.I am aware of the critical spacer 
> washer that must not be forgotten; in fact, this last time, I put in 
> two spacer washers, trying to overcome any marginal tolerance issues.I 
> also lubricated the speedometer cable liberally with lithium grease.
>
> I checked the autox archive and this question went around in 2009; at 
> the time, the remedy was to use only graphite (no grease) to lubricate 
> the speedometer cable.Is this still the conventional wisdom?Any advice 
> on how to clean out the outer part of the speedometer cable?
>
> Thanks, Mike
>
> Michael Garvey
> 1967 BJ8/38046
> Swampscott, MA
>
>


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    I'll throw another out there ... Presumably, you have been buying
    new angle drives from the usual suspects; I've found that many of
    the new parts are not being built to the standards of the originals
    (duh).  I'm on the first and only angle drive in my BJ8 with nearly
    190K miles; so there's no reason these can't last the lifetime of
    the car, but there has been a spate of bad parts recently--water
    pumps, bearings, most any rubber part, etc.--and maybe the repro
    drives just ain't up to snuff.  Also, there were some cables sold
    that were too long; but I believe they mostly damaged the speedo.<br>
    <br>
    I'll repeat my recommendation for silicone lubricant; among its
    other qualities it doesn't seem to attract dirt and dust like just
    about any other lubricant.  I've tried moly grease, white lithium
    grease and graphite powder--which is exceedingly messy to handle and
    apply--on speedo cables and the silicone oil has worked best (my
    speedo is rock solid at all speeds).  I used it on the Bendix drive
    of my starter and it's worked flawlessly for over 100K miles.  I
    know it persists because silicone is extremely difficult to remove
    from paint.<br>
    <br>
    Bob<br>
    <br>
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            New Roman&quot;;color:#1F497D">I neglected to mention that
            about half way through this saga, I had the speedometer
            rebuilt by West Valley Instruments; presumably they would
            have lubricated any necessary areas.<span
              style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Any other ideas
            welcomeâ?¦<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">Hi Mike,<br>
              After about the same number of failures I found that the
              problem was actually in the speedometer itself.<br>
              In both cases where I have encountered the problem the
              odometer itself was actually seizing causing the cable to
              sort of corkscrew and then the angle drive failed.<br>
              If you hold the speedometer loosely in your hands and use
              a drill to run the drive, anticlockwise when looking at
              the back of the instrument, after a while you will
              probably detect resistance to turning.<br>
              I took mine apart and sparingly lubricated the odo and
              trip shafts and in both cases the problem was solved.<br>
              <br>
              Michael S<br>
              BN1 #174<o:p></o:p></p>
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            style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-outline-level:1"><b>From: </b><a
              moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:r3m1g4@verizon.net";>Mike
              Garvey</a><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
              Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><br>
            </span><b>Sent: </b>â??10/â??05/â??2015 9:52 a.m.<span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
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            </span><b>To: </b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
              
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";>healeys@autox.team.net</a><span
              style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
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            </span><b>Subject: </b>[Healeys] angle speedo drive BJ8<span
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              Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">In the three years that I have owned my
          BJ8, I have gone through three right angle speedometer drives.<span
            style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>The failure is that the
          short coil spring drive from the transmission to the helical
          gear fails; it looks like a birds nest of broken wires.<span
            style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>I am aware of the
          critical spacer washer that must not be forgotten; in fact,
          this last time, I put in two spacer washers, trying to
          overcome any marginal tolerance issues.<span
            style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>I also lubricated the
          speedometer cable liberally with lithium grease.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">I checked the autox archive and this
          question went around in 2009; at the time, the remedy was to
          use only graphite (no grease) to lubricate the speedometer
          cable.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Is this still
          the conventional wisdom?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Any
          advice on how to clean out the outer part of the speedometer
          cable?<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, Mike <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New
            Roman&quot;;mso-no-proof:yes">Michael Garvey<br>
            1967 BJ8/38046<br>
            Swampscott, MA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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