Priced an Angle Drive lately?

[P3GA]

Ok, so the Veglia speedometer started misbehaving, first the jumpy needle syndrome, then kaput. Removed the cable, oiled & lubed it, then the speedo would act as it was winding up before jumping to an indiacted 35 mph, the back to zero. (Since I was wheeling it backwards and forwards around the garage at the time, I knew that the speed was overly optimistic).

 

Paul at Duc-Tri-MG-MV of Atlanta has ordered the angle drive, none of which are in the country right now, delivery sometime in September. This September. (Yes, I asked what year.) Since the plastic threads are stripped on the cable end of the drive, I gotta bite the bullet anyway.

 

This little stinkin' piece of plastic is now over $125 !!

 

Angle drives have been used on many vehicles' speedometers & tachometers for many years. There's got to be a cross reference for this thing somewhere, hopefully a Toyota Corolla or VW Bug part.

 

Anybody?

 

Anyone have an extra one with a speedometer shop nearby? Maybe they can be of help, or at least point us in the right direction. Since MG has tried many solutions to this problem, I can only surmise that anything they came up with were stop-gap. Unless we figure this one out on our own, we're all going to be SOL when it goes.

 

Thanks,

 

Phil

Atlanta GA

'02 Le Mans

[Steve G.]

Guzzi is your only option on this one.

I lost mine 6 months ago, riding along, and suddenly the speedo drops to zero. Turns out the early V11's had a gear cluster in these things that would simply decide to spit themselves out on the side of the road. I got a new "improved" one from MPH, forget the price, but something like $100 us. It's all good now.

Ciao, Steve G.

[Guest redguzziv10]

try www.motomeccaspares.co.uk

i bought one about six months ago and it was a heck of a lot cheaper than that.

don't know what they would charge for shipping to U.S. though

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