speaking of speedometers, I'm been left wondering about the lower speedo cable... It just seems too long.. I got the 'short' one that was reccommedned by DMC houston, but I'm still confused about where to put it.. It's twisted into almost a complete circle to take up the slack in length.. Is this how its supposed to be? 1537 On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 16:52:59 -0000 jtrealty@xxxx writes: > This could be a bad idea. Many mechanical systems are designed with a > > "fuse" type element in them so that a "disposeable" part fails > protecting more expensive or delicate parts in the system. This > plastic cap is probably designed to fail in the event the speedo > cable > jams or the angle drive fails. If you had a fuse that keeps blowing > you wouldn't stick a piece of wire in instead would you? This is > analogous to what you propose. As often happens people focus on the > symptom without concern for the root cause or the total design of a > system. If you look at most speedo drives they are driven by a > plastic > gear. This is done for two reasons, they are cheap to change if you > want different ratios but more importantly they will strip out in > the > event of a jam-up. > David Teitelbaum > vi 10757 > > > --- In dmcnews@xxxx, dherv10@xxxx wrote: > > Walt and group. What if I had a metal cap made with extra beef / > metal where > > the cable installs. I have a machine shop that loves specials. > They > just > > turned me 60 small pullys for the alternators for $5.00 ea. My > original > > source had dried up, so it was either turn them or get out of the > alternator > > business. Now the other source buy's from me. > > What does the group think. New metal caps. > > John Hervey > > http://www.specialtauto.com/ > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please > address: > moderator@xxxx > > To search the archives or view files, log in at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.