If that grey gear is properly fitted/pressed on the shaft you shouldn't have
any real movement at all on that end. If you had to do that mod to keep that
end of the shaft in place I wonder if you are about to have the classic trip
odo failure due to that gear slipping on the shaft.

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Rouby" <mikerouby@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: broken speedo and Vaccum pump

> Here are the pics with my instructions...
>
>  http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/xr4timan/7786re2.jpg
>  http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/xr4timan/1f0bre2.jpg
>
> Roper Sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>  broken speedo and Vaccum pump
> Hello,here are thepictures of the broken speedo. Symptoms were no odometer
> or trim odometer working. I found the reason but it wont last.Isuspect
> resetting the trip meter while driving ,may , under some circumstances,
> cause the appatratus to break.Early sjpeedos had a cover ovder this gear
> which prevented it form dislodging. I am going toglue a plastic cover over
> the gear to prevent this.A post earlier this week said to frill ahose
> intehshaft on the opposite end. I see no shaft there.It ends part way
> across the speedo, and is way inside.
> this vaccum pump willworkintermittantly. I blow intotheend andit may
> dislodge the piston from TDC.Then it will work one time.Is this caused by
> corrosion from disuse?
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rogersisler2000/album?.dir=/4796re2&.src=ph&.tok=phGvhvFBsd5cVrps
>
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