Speedo Cable Availability - Bad batch of Gemo |
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Speedo Cable Availability - Bad batch of Gemo |
Brian Fuerbach |
Jan 20 2021, 03:11 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 119 Joined: 1-July 19 From: Orange, Ca Member No.: 23,266 Region Association: Southern California |
I ordered parts from Pelican this week but they did not have the speedo cable I needed available. I read the two Pelican reviews posted for the Gemo cable and both said the part did not fit. Apparently the transmission end is not threaded correctly. I ended up ordering from SMC, well guess what? The cable has reverse threads at the angle gear connection and does not fit. I suspect a bad batch.
Does anyone know of a West coast vendor or member that has good stock? Thanks, Brian |
rudedude |
Jan 21 2021, 08:26 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 511 Joined: 1-January 05 From: minneapolis, mn Member No.: 3,387 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I got a bad one a while ago from one of our venders. He refused to believe that it could be the case. Had to slot the old end to slide it on the cable to attach to speedo drive. Maybe now he will see this and send me a replacement.
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Brian Fuerbach |
Jan 21 2021, 10:36 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 119 Joined: 1-July 19 From: Orange, Ca Member No.: 23,266 Region Association: Southern California |
I got a bad one a while ago from one of our venders. He refused to believe that it could be the case. Had to slot the old end to slide it on the cable to attach to speedo drive. Maybe now he will see this and send me a replacement. I ended up making the cable work. I realized that the bad angle gear nut could come off the sheath if I could get the smaller speedo side nut off. I carefully enlarged the hole in the speedo side nut until it cleared the flange. I then slid the bad angle gear nut off and replaced it with the nut from my original cable. I then made a thin split washer out of a shim that captured the speedo nut. Worked like a charm. See the picture. Attached thumbnail(s) |
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