Frank: I have the same problem, $50 for a short speedocable is out of this
world. I'm going to have the cable built up by welding and grind it square.

Good Luck with yours

Lee...
86 Vanagon GL

> Frank-
>
> Before you spend your Saturday futzing with re-manufacturing your
> speedometer cable and hub dust cap, why don't you check with a vendor or VW
> dealer for replacement prices. If the two parts run more than $35 I would
> be very surprised.
>
> Isn't time with your family worth $35?
>
> G. Matthew Bulley
> Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
> www.bulley-hewlett.com
> Cary, NC USA
> 888.468.4880 tollfree
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   David Beierl [SMTP:synergx@IBM.NET]
> Sent:   Wednesday, May 26, 1999 2:35 PM
> To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject:        Re: Speedometer Cable End
>
> At 05:28 5/26/99 -0400, Frank Condelli wrote:
> >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
>
> Without actually looking at it, my thought is to braze it and add some
> extra metal, then file it square again.  If that would heat the cable
> sheath too much, then make the hole in the cap considerable larger, make an
> insert to fit the hole and epoxy it onto the cable end.  Epoxy would be too
> soft to use simply to square up the cable again, but adding a little width
> and giving it a metal skin should do nicely.
>
> david
> David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net