Date:         Wed, 7 Sep 2005 18:02:21 -0400
Reply-To:     Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
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From:         Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
Subject:      Re: 88 West Speedo cable problem after brake job
Comments: To: John Graham <theklube@GMAIL.COM>
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That is correct, the circlip should come off, and the square end of the
cable should stay right there sticking out the end of the stub axle. I
don't know what happens if you pull the cable, but I'll bet that either the
other end of that cable, or the OXS mileage counter is now trashed.

FWIW, I'm not a professional mechanic, but I never looked in the Bentley
for this one... I saw the cable end, the circlip, and the cap, and just
knew to pull the clip before pulling the cap. It ain't rocket science.

At 04:56 PM 9/7/2005 -0400, John Graham wrote:
>I think that the mechanic should have taken the little circlip off the
>hubcap rather than pulling the cable out, but the Bentley isn't
>entirely clear on this operation.