Replacement Angle Drive (For Right Hand Drive?)

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxx>]

Could well be. Entire engine is a replacement, so I wouldn't put it
past PO.

Does anyone know if replacement angle drives were once offered with
cables wound in wrong direction? 

My housing is labeled "Smith Motor Accessories Ltd, England" Part
#862401/11.

Hey! Wait a minute! If my angle drive was designed for a speedo on
RIGHT side of car (driven by PASSENGER wheel), would be wound
correctly. Do I have a right hand drive angle drive?

BTW: Am having difficult time locating cable with 1/8" square end.
Even struck out at local truck repair facility. Have a backup idea
that should generate untold controversy... (watch this space...)

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Harold McElraft" <hmcelraft@xxxx> wrote:
> Bill
> 
> Are you sure that the cable was not a replacement itself. Once upon 
> a time I was going to replace the inner cable because of a crimp - 
> so, when I got ready to put it in I noticed the new one was in fact 
> wound the wrong way - the original one was not. After some checking 
> I discovered that they come both ways depending on the application 
> (I had gotten a universal cable that comes with a cute plastic end 
> with some epoxy to hold it in place). I could not find a universal 
> that was wound the correct way and eventually went with the OEM 
> replacement, which was wound the correct direction.
> 
> Harold McElraft - 3354
> 
> -- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> 
> wrote:
> > Finally autopsied speedo. Right angle grears fine (yay!). Problem 
> is
> > short cable that passes through spindle. Square cimp end is unwound
> > and mangled. In its infinite wisdom DMC wound in opposite 
> direction of
> > predominant wheel rotation. All it takes is disturbance to one 
> strand
> > and cable will destroy itself from wheel movement alone.
> > 
> > Wheel disc is fine BTW.
> > 
> > I've got angle drive off car but can't figure out how to remove 
> short
> > cable from its gear. Does anyone know how to separate the two? If I
> > can remove short cable, will replace with cut down parts house 
> cable.
> > More complicated back up plan otherwise -- will post if that's 
> what it
> > comes to.
> > 
> > Bill Robertson
> > #5939