Date:         Wed, 26 May 1999 15:46:36 -0400
Reply-To:     Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Speedometer Cable End
Comments: To: David Beierl <synergx@IBM.NET>

Frank-

Before you spend your Saturday futzing with re-manufacturing your
speedometer cable and hub dust cap, why don't you check with a vendor or VW
dealer for replacement prices. If the two parts run more than $35 I would
be very surprised.

Isn't time with your family worth $35?

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree


-----Original Message-----
From:   David Beierl [SMTP:synergx@IBM.NET]
Sent:   Wednesday, May 26, 1999 2:35 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Re: Speedometer Cable End

At 05:28 5/26/99 -0400, Frank Condelli wrote:
>to make the speedo cable end square again ?  I've been thinking about this
>for a week now and can't seem to come up with a suitable solution short of
>replacing the really expensive speedo cable {:-(   So.........have any of

Without actually looking at it, my thought is to braze it and add some
extra metal, then file it square again.  If that would heat the cable
sheath too much, then make the hole in the cap considerable larger, make an
insert to fit the hole and epoxy it onto the cable end.  Epoxy would be too
soft to use simply to square up the cable again, but adding a little width
and giving it a metal skin should do nicely.

david
David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net