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Date:         Tue, 4 May 2010 18:56:59 -0700
Reply-To:     Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: All Fine, Durango, Co. to Asheville,
              North Carolina But Odometer Not Working
Comments: To: miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <u2m9f4608e91005041855j3fa5f85cib9a68c62f860be5a@mail.gmail.com>
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Oh yeah the speedo measures rotational velocity via the coupling, the odometer measures rotations and is directly coupled to the cable.

Al

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Al Knoll <anasasi@gmail.com> wrote: > The cable spins a plate which magnetically couples to the speedometer > cup causing a rotational force that is balanced by the return spring. > The odometer has a pair of reduction gears which drive the set of > number cogs.  In short they're separate and if the cable is faulty > generally the speedo bounces or doesn't work at all.  I'd guess it's > the odometer gear train.  Only a SWAG though. > > Al > > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 5:37 PM, miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com> wrote: >> Wow, that is a long way! Throw in a flood in western Tennessee and it >> gets longer. Trooper ran great! Not one hiccup and I am VERY happy >> with it!......although, recently, on a trip to Leadville, Co., the >> odometer (88 Westy 2wd manual) stopped working. Upon inspection, it >> turned out to be the classic, where the shaft backed out. I put it >> back in place and using the Tencent method, I installed a 'stop' ahead >> of the gear so the shaft would not back out again (it simply can't >> now.) I bench tested it and speedo + odometer work fine, but installed >> and blowing down the road, the odometer did not work. Pulled it again >> and checked it and it works fine. The speedo is fine but noisy....the >> odometer still does not work. Could it be that the cable is the >> problem? Does the cable spin two different gears, one for the odometer >> and another for the speedo? >> Thanks! >> Miguel >> >> I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. >>  - Thomas A. Edison >> >


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