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Re: SPEEDO CABLE

To: Dave Chu <dave@ece.concordia.ca>
Subject: Re: SPEEDO CABLE
From: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 07:05:37
The only angle drive that is required for a '79 with O/D is from the O/D
unit to the cable.   Other than that it is just one long cable.

Patrick Bowen

At 04:12 PM 8/17/98 -0400, Dave Chu wrote:
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>In message <3.0.5.16.19980817093348.37af692e@jak10.med.navy.mil>you write:
>>OK your cruising right along at say about 45mph then you look down and it
>>says your doing )mph!!!  Well with a brand new cable (3 months old) you
>>know thats not the problem, right?  WRONG!  I went last night to find out
>>my new cable sheared right in half about halfway up.  (this is the cable
>>for the O/D that goes all the way to the back of the speedo ((not some sort
>>of revealing swimwear)).  My question is WHY!  What could be a cause of
>>this.  Is this a fluke or am I missing something.  Do you need to lubricate
>
>  Do you have an angle drive on the gear for the speedo cable?  Without
>  an angle drive, the speedo cable will have to bend too much causing
>  premature failure.
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