At 10:42 AM 25/02/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>From:    Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
>Subject: Re: 85' speedometer problems :-(
>
>"We didn't hit or touch anything else"
>                Oh really?   Well the speedo cable is connected
>to the front left wheel center cap. If the change happened
>after you messed with it, chances are good you knocked
>the cap off and its hanging by the cable.  Otherwise this is
>a classic case of the speedo cable having been snagged
>on something from the road.

   ...or it could be that the little circlip on the end of the speedo
  cable where it passes thru the centre cap was not replaced or
  has since fallen off.
  Sounds exactly like when the clip goes missing and the cable
  end catches/slips/catches/slips in the square little hole thingy...

  BTW,it is always worth putting a little blob of silicone or similar
  goop over the end of the cable & circlip after repacking or
  replacing bearings. This keeps water or moisture from ever
  entering thru the hole in the cap and shortening the life of the
  front-left wheel bearings...

  Cheers,
  Steve O
  NSW Australia
  '92 Transporter WBX Kombi
  '68 Beetle
  '00 Transporter 5Cyl Double Cab
  '03 Transporter 5Cyl Double Cab (work truck)

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