Speedo Cable broken at 4300 miles

[F344]

I unscrewed the fitting at the gear box and the cable is broken about an inch above the fitting in the cable. Is this going to be one of those chronic things that we all deal, with or is this an anomaly?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Frank

[al_roethlisberger]

If you have one of the later cable housing that has a metal "bend" above the transmission, then yes, this is a somewhat "chronic" problem several people have noted. Although I believe the with correct cable routing(to reduce stress) and liberal lubrication, it has been ameliorated to some degree.

 

 

But don't fret, even the earlier models that have the bevel drive speedo cables have issues, as the plastic bevel drives often explode if not installed "just right".

 

 

...and no, the cables are not interchangeable. Apparently the 2002 and earlier, and 2003+ transmissions have a different drive ratio in the transmission for the different cable. So you are stuck with the gremlins of whatever cable type your V11 was born with.

 

...at least, that's what I've heard in the various posts people have made here WRT speedo cable failures

 

al

[Guest northend]

3,600 when mine snapped