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Number: 2113
From: "James W. Gibat-Thoroski" <mercurycapri@c...>
Date: Mon Mar 3, 2003  6:40 am
Subject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] Re: 85 Coupe Speedometer

Body:

I had read people that used a Jeep 23 tooth gear. They found that the
gear, even the Ford one, was a little "large" and was putting a lot of
stress on the gear causing it to break. Some people have had good luck by
sanding the gear down a little to reduce it's overall diameter.

On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 05:15:13 +0000, negusm <negusm@y...>
<negusm@y...> wrote:

> http://chris.kellnet.com/chambers/speedo_gears.htm
>
> "The 23 tooth driven gears are notorious at being short lived. Mine
> lasted only months before stripping all the teeth of itself. I think the
> root diameter is so small (in order to fit so many teeth on it), that it
> creates a bad mesh with the drive gear"
>
>

--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "negusm <negusm@y...>" <negusm@y...>
> wrote:
>> Jdawg, yes, I lose about 1 MPH per 10. At 70MPH its about 7 off.
>>
>> I think its the tires, since I have the incorrect size.
>>
>> In all the trade mags, noone has ever mentioned a difference in
> the
>> speedo gears (plastic vs metal). All are plastic I beleive. One gear
>> seems to be prone to failing and you need to change the
> tranny
>> gear so that you can use a better gear behind the speedo.
>>
>> -Mike--
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