My sled eats speedo gear pins

[j5ferry1]

I'll try to be brief- 3 yrs ago got the sled; speedo not working... No big deal, replaced pin. Got a few rides out of it... Broke. Next year put 144 setup replaced all drive bearings/ new axle...geared down to 22t and 8t anti ratchets Ect...and new pin, few rides and broken again. Took apart and gear assembly was toast.

So I have a new/used in great shape 03 mountain max speedo gear assembly and it came with a little aluminum spacer( which I did not have before)... Perfect I'm thinking this is my problem because I'm getting too much flex on the pin or something... I Verified everything spins easily by hand, and go to put it back together and the spacer is keeping my speedo gear assembly from sitting flush on the chassis. It's about a 1/4" off the chassis when that spacer is in place.

So so did all the vmaxes have that spacer? Or was it a later year thing? Could my driveshaft be too far over ? We're the later year driveshafts machined for that spacer? Not sure what to do.

 

[RB2001SRX700]

You could look it up in the parts listing and see what year it changed. Will the speed gear fit with out the spacer?

 

[Ding]

Make sure the issue isn't with your speedo or cable going to the speedo. It might need cleaning, lubing or replacing.

 

[s10mike]

^^dingding. check for a kink in your speedo cable. i broke a few of those pins myself before i figured it out

 

[j5ferry1]

Alrighty...I think I'm going to replace the cable before I trash another pin

 

[Ding]

Don't overlook the speedo itself. Take the key and put in the back of the speedo and make sure you can easily spin it by hand.

 

[j5ferry1]

Don't overlook the speedo itself. Take the key and put in the back of the speedo and make sure you can easily spin it by hand.

Ok, will do.

 

[s10mike]

Also, my speedo cable was fine with the hood open. When i closed it, the cable would bind