Speedo Not Working

[owl 2]

Looked at a 400SE at the weekend however the speedo does not work, owner has being quoted £400 to fix. The garage says the gearbox has to be dropped out to replace the nylon part that is broken (this part costs £3). This seems like someone is taking the P***. How difficult/easy is it to repair the speedo when broken inside the gearbox and have any of you gone through this process. Advice would be much appreciated.

[robp]

owl 2 said:

Looked at a 400SE at the weekend however the speedo does not work, owner has being quoted £400 to fix. The garage says the gearbox has to be dropped out to replace the nylon part that is broken (this part costs £3). This seems like someone is taking the P***. How difficult/easy is it to repair the speedo when broken inside the gearbox and have any of you gone through this process. Advice would be much appreciated.

Dunno about the wedge but a mate of mine had a similar problem with his Westfield. It was cheaper to fix a bike speedo to the axel than drop the gearbox out and sort it!

[HeyAndy]

Got the same problem - been quoted the same story. Where was the the garage? be interesting to see how fix your speedo. I've heard you can fit electronic types for half the money. Don't know about a bike speedo going to diff though.

[350matt]

There are two parts to the g.box speedo drive, one is the worm gear on the output shaft, which would need the box dropping out, the other is the output to the cable, which can be easily replaced and is only held in with a clip and one 8mm bolt., also check the cable

Matt