engine and drivetrain 5 speed speedo drive toast?

[BMtroubleyou]

Yeh I discovered that after the bushing adapter is coupled into the speedo cable, 2 divits on each side were punched in place so the cable would never fall off, kind of like a hub nut for a week where u have to dent the flange in on the spindle. That's why I can't re-use the adapter because of how soft the new aluminum cable end is and how distorted and jagged the inner area of the old adapter is.

[BMtroubleyou]

Yeh ill just try and get betray to find the adapter before hunting for a used assembly

[goofycarp]

Hi, Between old and new parts, I came up with a complete assembly, including the gear drive, that might work for you.

[BMtroubleyou]

I think I'm going to try one last idea. I'm going to hone out the inside of the adapter to where it just slides onto the cable with no resistance and than try and punch a second set of divits to lock it into the hour glass part of the cable. If this works I will save myself a lot of trouble

[goofycarp]

Good luck. If it doesn't work out I'll send you what I have for the cost of postage. Do you still have a working set screw that holds it together, the one that you screw into the dish in the hour glass on the speedo cable?

[BMtroubleyou]

Yes the set screw looks fine

[BMtroubleyou]

yes I still have the screw, and have discovered the jerk who owned the 02' before me didn't have to overkill that job when punching divits into the recessed rib area because now I have to drill them out, without damaging the brand new cable, and I also discovered that the adapter got severly warped when it was in the vice so it will not go back into the tranny all the way without brute force, which i'm sure isnt normal, nore a wise decision if it ever had to come back out.

I would highly appreciate taking any of your spare adapter parts as long as they're not warped or scuffed like mine, so I can put an end to this nightmare.

Thanks again

-Justin

[goofycarp]

Hi Justin,

The assembly that I have should be perfect. No divits, no distortions and it's all complete. It should just slide right into the speedo drive cavity with no problems. What's your address and you can email me at gratteau@gmail.com and I'll send it out on Monday. Best Regards, Cort

[goofycarp]

Hey Justin, Just wanted to thank you for the $ you sent in the mail...you're a good man...did the drive assembly work out for you? I got mine installed but as I suspected the gear in the transmission isn't spinning so I will be without a speedometer until I replace the transmission...Cheers !!

[BMtroubleyou]

Hey Justin, Just wanted to thank you for the $ you sent in the mail...you're a good man...did the drive assembly work out for you? I got mine installed but as I suspected the gear in the transmission isn't spinning so I will be without a speedometer until I replace the transmission...Cheers !!

yes thanks again. the whole assembly worked perfectly. the speedo works nice and smooth more so than my 01 z3 Roadster. I have to re align. the speedo adapter bolt because I believe its not allowing the bolt to seat all the way back in as it is shoving the inside of the adapter to a corner. should be an easy fix... knock on wood

[austinmf]

Walloth has the bushings in stock... I am ordering a couple of things from them. They are 7.90 euro if anyone wants to tag along.

[felix_666]

Walloth has the bushings in stock... I am ordering a couple of things from them. They are 7.90 euro if anyone wants to tag along.

Any chance you have one of the bushes to measure, height, i.d. etc? As they are NLA I'm guessing I'll have to make a substitute. Thanks.

[austinmf]

I got a couple. Have a nice starrett caliper. Tell me what you want and I will send!

[felix_666]

Excellent!

I guess the height, thickness, inside/outside diameter, hopefully they all square up. Also, are they spilt or solid? If your caliper measures in mm that would be great.

Thanks.

[austinmf]

Forgot... they are NLA but http://www.wallothnesch.com/ still has them. They have 320i green rear fogs too...