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Subject:Re: Speedometer Cable End
From:Max/Joyce Wellhouse
Date:Wed, 26 May 1999 12:45:47 -0700

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-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Condelli <ad793@FREENET.CARLETON.CA>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 2:30 AM
Subject: Speedometer Cable End

>Looking for collective wisdom here !  Speedometer cable square end where
>it connects to wheel bearing dust cap has become round and no longer will
>turn with the wheel.  Hence speedometer not working.  The square hole
>in the dust cap is worn and this seems easy enough to fix BUT what to do
>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
>you out there come across this before and what did you do ?
>Cheers
>
>Frank
>
>
>--
>              *  Frank Condelli  *  Almonte, Ontario, Canada  *
>                      *  ad793@Freenet.carleton.ca  *
>                   '87 VW Westy, '69 MGB & Lionel Trains
>                http://members.aol.com/RAlanen/index.html