Odometer gear

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I just found out why my odometer quit counting. The small red gear
directly behind the motor is minus a few teeth. Anyone have one lying
around they would like to part with?
 
First, one might ask why is it minus a few teeth? Most likely cause is a
binding cable, speedo unit or sensor module (whichever is appropriate). Make
sure that the gear turns freely first. This is no guaranty that there isn't
an intermittant binding condition though.

Not exactly apples and apples but the original speedo pickoff gear on my
voyager was in virtually new condition at 204k miles. That had a mechanical
speedo and a speed sensor driven by the gear.

Oppie

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First, one might ask why is it minus a few teeth? Most likely cause is a
binding cable, speedo unit or sensor module (whichever is appropriate). Make
sure that the gear turns freely first. This is no guaranty that there isn't
an intermittant binding condition though.
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The stripping teeth thing is a somewhat common issue. Apparently sometimes if
the trip reset button is pressed while you're moving it can strip the gear.
Since its a fairly common issue, the dealer might have some.
Also, you sould search usenet, I remember somone (I think it was Joey at
6thplanet) bought a bunch of gears and was swapping them in and out.
 
BANDIT2941 said:
The stripping teeth thing is a somewhat common issue. Apparently sometimes if
the trip reset button is pressed while you're moving it can strip the gear.
Since its a fairly common issue, the dealer might have some.
Also, you sould search usenet, I remember somone (I think it was Joey at
6thplanet) bought a bunch of gears and was swapping them in and out.
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Lousy design (speaking as a design engineer myself) if pressing a reset
button jams the mechanism enough to bust a gear! You'd think there would at
least be a service bulletin on this.
We like to say that, "you can make something goof proof but not idiot proof
since idiots are so ingenious." <LOL>
Another reason I'm glad to have an electronic dash on the Lw300.

Oppie
 
We like to say that, "you can make something goof proof but not idiot proof
since idiots are so ingenious." <LOL>
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Yeah......some kind of corollary to Murphy's Law......."you can never make
something truly fool proof since fools are so ingenious"
 
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