toxicroadkill
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When I got my m1009, it had 31" tires on it, and the typical 1.3 ratio adapter, the speedometer was pretty much right on, I changed over to 33" tires, and replaced the ratio adapter with a 1.5 unit, again the speedometer was dead on.
Now this is the weird part, the speedometer took a dump, stripped out the deal where the cable goes in, so it went from bouncing to clicking, and pretty much crapped out.
Replaced it with a speedometer from a earlier year 100mph, it bounced, replaced that with a brand new one 85mph deal, it bounced..humm..replaced it again with another new one..bouncing
replaced the cable..still bouncing
pulled off the ratio adapter, and now it's pretty smooth, bouncy up to around 25 then smooths out.
a test drive, revealed the correct ratio adapter would be 1.3 again..
(with 33" tires), all the speedometers except the original read about the same, indicating a 1.3 adapter. i have verified that the driven gear is the yellow 41 tooth, and in the past, verified the drive geear inside the case is the original from the factory for the m1009
what we did notice, is that the ratio adapter is definately sticky, took it apart, and the nice clean grease, well, just say it's anything but clean or for that matter grease, is debatable
also noticed the hole where the cable goes in the yellow gear is pretty worn out, you have to press the cable all the way in, or it wont grab at all
so the thing that's bugging me, why is my speedometer now saying that a 1.3 is the correct adapter, when with the original speedometer worked great with 1.5
anyone out there with 33's and the original gears able to shed light on this weirdness, what ratio adapter are you using?
the only thing I could think of, is the cable is slipping in the yellow gear causing it to be off a little
thoughts/suggestions?
Now this is the weird part, the speedometer took a dump, stripped out the deal where the cable goes in, so it went from bouncing to clicking, and pretty much crapped out.
Replaced it with a speedometer from a earlier year 100mph, it bounced, replaced that with a brand new one 85mph deal, it bounced..humm..replaced it again with another new one..bouncing
replaced the cable..still bouncing
pulled off the ratio adapter, and now it's pretty smooth, bouncy up to around 25 then smooths out.
a test drive, revealed the correct ratio adapter would be 1.3 again..
(with 33" tires), all the speedometers except the original read about the same, indicating a 1.3 adapter. i have verified that the driven gear is the yellow 41 tooth, and in the past, verified the drive geear inside the case is the original from the factory for the m1009
what we did notice, is that the ratio adapter is definately sticky, took it apart, and the nice clean grease, well, just say it's anything but clean or for that matter grease, is debatable
also noticed the hole where the cable goes in the yellow gear is pretty worn out, you have to press the cable all the way in, or it wont grab at all
so the thing that's bugging me, why is my speedometer now saying that a 1.3 is the correct adapter, when with the original speedometer worked great with 1.5
anyone out there with 33's and the original gears able to shed light on this weirdness, what ratio adapter are you using?
the only thing I could think of, is the cable is slipping in the yellow gear causing it to be off a little
thoughts/suggestions?