RE: Speedo Drive

[Eric Sheley <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:19 AM 08/12/1999 -0600, Hoppler, Harl wrote:
 >Yes, the speedo is electric, but the device on the hub is still a mechanical
 >analog to digital
 >converter, rather than a gear device that operates the old style speedo
 >that's driven through a
 >cable. The piece that rotates on the wheel spacer and interfaces with the
 >wheel froze.

I knew I saw this problem before.

 >Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 16:04:00 -0800
 >From: jim schroeder <cretin@xxxxxxx>
 >Hey folks,
 >My speedo transducer froze up at 700 mi. took it in and we ripped everything
 >apart to ck. elec. connections to no avail, then removed the front wheel and
 >speedo unit, sure enough it had froze up and bent the tabs back on the drive
 >washer!! Don't know if this is something we can all look fwd. to or not?!?

This is the only other one that I have heard of and his happened so early 
that  there were not even any service manuals available for the dealer to 
figure out what was wrong. He ended up getting a new drive unit about 900 
miles later and I have not heard that he has had any further problems.

- - Eric


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