The speedometer is bouncy as hell and noisy. I had to pull out the
bailing wire and, with enough tension, it is almost completely quiet.
I rely on the stereo for the rest. As I mentioned, the odometer works
great on the bench...............
Miguel

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
  - Thomas A. Edison

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Al Knoll <anasasi@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>>
>>
>