1929 buick u joint or speedometer gears

[raydurr]

Hello everyone. I am trying to repair the speedometer drive for my 1929 buick mod 41. I recently removed the speedometer drive adapter from the transmission. I doing so I caused some damage to the 8 tooth drive gear that locates on the front of the u joint. I would like to locate a good usable u joint with a usable gear OR a worn out u joint that has a usable gear. I figure that if Im lucky enough to locate this,I might even stumble across the 23 tooth driven gear as well. I already have the new brass drive adapter .Any help would be appreciated.

[Terry Wiegand]

RAYDURR, THE FELLOW THAT YOU NEED TO TALK TO IS - RUSS FURSTNOW, 3545 WEST KILTIE LOOP, FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, 86001-8477. HIS PHONE IS - (928) 526-1343. HE DOES SPEEDOMETER AND RELATED PARTS REPAIR AND RESTORATION. I VISITED WITH HIM AT CHICKASHA LAST MONTH AND AS USUAL HE HAD A TABLE FULL OF BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED SPEEDOMETER HEADS AND I HAD TO WAIT IN LINE TO GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH HIM. HE RESTORED THE STEWART-WARNER HEAD FOR MY 1916 D-45 BUICK. I WILL GO ON THE RECORD AND TELL EVERYONE THAT HE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN SEVERAL OTHERS OUT THERE, HOWEVER, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU INSTALL THE PARTS AND THAT IS THE END OF IT. THINGS ARE DONE RIGHT AND THE END RESULT IS A BEAUTIFUL UNIT. I THINK I CAN GET AWAY WITH SAYING THIS ON HERE. STAY AWAY FROM THAT ONE GUY IN WICHITA, KANSAS. THERE ARE TWO GUYS IN WICHITA DOING SPEEDOMETER REPAIR. THE ONE FELLOW PRETTY MUCH WORKS ON JUST FORD UNITS. I KNOW HIM AND HE IS A REALLY NICE GUY AND DOES GOOD WORK ON FORD STUFF. THE OTHER ONE IS WHO PEOPLE NEED TO STAY CLEAR AWAY FROM. SEND ME A PM AND I WILL TELL ANYONE WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT PERSON. HOPE THIS WILL HELP YOU WITH YOUR SPEEDOMETER PROBLEMS. RUSS IS A GREAT PERSON TO DEAL WITH. TERRY WIEGAND DOO DAH AMERICA terrywiegand@prodigy.net

[nickelroadster]

I will second most everything Terry says about Russ Furstnow except that sometimes he is less expensive.

[Pete K.]

I have a U joint with the spiral speedo gear on it for sale. This did come from a '30 Buick, small series 40. Probably the same as your '29?