1 or 2 piece speedo cable

Aug 12, 2003 2 Replies

I have an '87 German Model Jetta with a 5 speed manual transmission. During a clutch job, my buddy and I broke the EGR box on the thing, forcing me to get a one piece cable from autozone.(Special order no less) However, it doesn't seem to be working. I've plugged it into the tranny, tightened the bolt down, and drove w/o the cluster in to test and see if the inner part of the cable spins. No dice. I've checked, and there are no kinks in the cable. I have tried putting it into the transmission a few different times, but no luck on any of them. I may be putting the thing in incorrectly, but by the looks of it, I thought it would just be a matter of plugging it into the tranny, then the cluster, and that's it. Apperantly I was wrong.



If anyone's got a good idea for me, please let me know as I'm at my wits end with this one!


-Larry


Is there a drive gear on the new cable? If not, you may need to move your old one over onto it.

There is a gear on the end of the cable that must be aligned correctly with the gear in the trans.

The gear on the cable end is usually kind of a orange color and it can slip off and then will not be aligned correctly.

Did your cable come with the gear on the end or is it floating around in the trans.

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