raydurr Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I am in need of someone who can repair or duplicate my speedometer cable and housing. I also need the driven speedometer gear.I have a source of a new driven gear housing.I may also need the drive gear,Ill know later. This is a result of an old and deteriorating housing that Ive had to remove a chip at a time. Its been a real pain removing the housing.The car is a model 29-41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelod Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Your situation is all too common with respect to the speedometer housing. These were originally made of pot metal which has the unfortunate tendency to swell with age and thus make removal almost impossible without destroying the housing. The survival rate of these is near 0% when removed. The speedometer housing in my 1930 model 68 is stuck as well, however it is still working fine so I have left it alone.This may be the source that you are already aware of for the housing: Trans.Speedometer Cable Housing 1929-32 SCC-292 Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Any machine shop should be able to turn up a new one out of billet.I made my own out of aluminium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raydurr Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 Any machine shop should be able to turn up a new one out of billet.I made my own out of aluminium.You made your own gears or housing? The housing is the easy part.I going to the the gear that turns the cable.At the moment Im having a difficult time removing the u joint from the output shaft. Im trying to be careful and not damage any parts.Any ideas anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelod Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 You made your own gears or housing? The housing is the easy part.I going to the the gear that turns the cable.At the moment Im having a difficult time removing the u joint from the output shaft. Im trying to be careful and not damage any parts.Any ideas anyone?Not sure how far along you are in the process, but you will have to drop the rear end from the car and slide the entire assembly along with the torque tube to the rear in order to accomplish that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert_25-25 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Raydurr, Do you still need help with this? Can you post any pictures of what you need? Hugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raydurr Posted September 28, 2017 Author Share Posted September 28, 2017 Hubert , all is well now. I located a good used speedometer cable , housing and driven gear. I never had to pull that darned u joint. Thank you for asking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yachtflame Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Hello all, If anyone is interested in replacing their speedometer cdble, I cast the lower housing in bronze and also replace the cable housing. I do have a couple of the gears with different numbered teeth but I don't have many so reusing yours would be better. I also make in bronze all the parts for the closed car windscreen lifting mechanism. I've been making door handles and the lower throttle gears for Cadillac's and most all of the pot metal parts for1927-1931 Cadillac's. I'd like to expand into Buicks also. If any one is interested in replacing their old pot metal parts for new bronze parts, please contact me. Thanks! Wayne Elsworth yachtflame@yahoo.com 340-998-5199 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Rawling Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Try Bobsautomobilia.com or Tony Bult tonybuick272829@gmail.com. It think that I saw a repro on one of their tables at the BCA National. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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