Hello all, Yesterday we had a GREAT clubmeeting hosted by the DeLorean Club Netherlands (DCN) the drive to and from the meet was very nice and since it was sunday traffica was quite light, so I drove the car at somewhat higher speeds (peeking at about 120Mph at one point) than I normally do and on this occasion for a longer stretch too... Above 100Mph I heard a high pitched sound coming from in front of me, at first I thought it was the air whistling through the windshieldwipers, but operating them didn't change the sound at all. The speedometer was my second guess, since it WAS "pegged out", but I've drive 100+Mph before without trouble or noise. When I was about 400meters from my house I had to use my indicator and as I moved my hand toward the lever I SAW the spedometer drop to zero. It never rose again, so I suspected the drive had failed on me, even though I'd lubed it shortly after I bought the car 7 months ago and had even lubed it last week when I was working on my horns. I took a look to see where the problem was; whipping the upper Speedo-cable (just above the Lambdacounter) made the needle jump, so that seems OK. Lifting the left wheel and spinning it didn't make the lower cable move (just below the Lambdacounter), so I took off the left wheel to inspect the angledrive. Upon removal of the wheel my problem was clear immediately: the plastic cap that is pinched between the wheel and the hub fell out with a piece of cable attached to it and the other end stuck inside the hub. NOW PLEASE TELL ME THIS ISN'T TRUE: In the partsmanual it looks like this piece of cable is part of the angle-drive (ADAPTER,SPEEDO CABLE is the official term used). Do I actually have to buy this $189.50 assy just because of this piece of &%$^$#%@$!-cable that snapped? I allready know what caused it to snap I think: I had the left front wheelbearing replaced two weeks ago and it seems like the cable broke when they tried to remove the plastic cap (is this the Dustshield, part# 105104 or am I wrong here?); the broken-off bit was in there REALLY stuck: had to use a couple of pliers and pull very hard to get it out. Probaly can't even blame them: mine was the first DeLorean they ever worked on and even though they probably DID break my speedo-drive, the rest of the engine work they did is great, so I WILL go back to them next time I need an annual inspection or other service. If any one can tell me if there's another way to fix this other that replacing the angledrive, plese let me know. Thanks in advance, Jan van de Wouw Thinking Different... Using a Mac... Living the Dream... Driving a DeLorean... #05141 "Dagger" since Sept. 2000 Check out the DeLorean-Files at: http://www.deloreanfiles.nl/ --------------------------------