Re: [alfa] Speedometer Saga Continues-89 Spider

["Gwynne W. Spencer" <gwynnes1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am not familiar with the innards of the Spider speedo, but in a 1981 BMW 
528i the problem was a plastic gear that was press fit onto a metal shaft. 
The gear would crack, thus relieving it's grip on the shaft. The solution 
was mounting a small snap ring on the hub part of the gear to cause it to 
squeeze down on the shaft again, preceeded by application of adhesive in 
the shaft to gear surface - I believe the adhesive was some form of "crazy 
glue".

Gwynne Spencer

At 10:48 PM 6/16/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>I took the spider out for a run today and magically the speedometer started
>working again. According to the information provided by the members on
>calculated speed, the speeds are on the mark.
>However, the odo isn't registering the miles. I seem to recall in the past
>someone opened up the inside of one of these units and figured out why it
>wasn't turning the miles.
>Any suggestions? Nice to know what to look for as I open the guts up on this
>speedo head.
>Christopher Boles
>Veloce/SS/SV Register
>http://www.veloceregister.net
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