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CB Performance dropped spindles - speedo cable?

Dasdubber - July 21st, 2005 at 08:55 AM

I had never thought of the potential problem until the weekend when I went to connect the speedo cable through my cb dropped ball joint spindles.....problem is there is no hole through the spindle for the cable to pass through (on either side).

Has anyone else ran into this problem before and if so what did you do???

Cheers
Alan

56astro - July 21st, 2005 at 12:06 PM

The K&L dropped stubs that I had, did have a hole, it just comes through at a sharper angle from memory.

penguin - July 22nd, 2005 at 07:04 AM

Oh crap,
I haven't even looked at that yet!

vw54 - July 22nd, 2005 at 08:49 AM

I checked with Vintage who bring in CB drop spindles from the USA and all the ones they have are drilled for the speedo cable.

Where did you purchase these from and are they genuine CB spindles ???

Dasdubber - July 22nd, 2005 at 12:39 PM

Purchased from CB performance - so yep they are genuine - here is an old pic of the right spindle (didn't have a pic of the left one)

See the big round shiny spindle - no hole, same on both sides. I have been emailing cb to see what I can do.

MikeM - July 22nd, 2005 at 01:03 PM

Hmmm, maybe it would be easier to use an Electronic speedo and put a transponder on front wheels. Unless you have a liking for the original speedo...

VWCOOL - July 22nd, 2005 at 01:21 PM

These spindles really aren't much fun, are they?!

Dasdubber - July 22nd, 2005 at 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MikeM
Hmmm, maybe it would be easier to use an Electronic speedo and put a transponder on front wheels. Unless you have a liking for the original speedo...

I did think of an autometer electronic speedo but the sender they use are for gearboxes (as far as I am aware) - have you had any experience mike with such a transponder?

I think the spindles are great - I may have just got a dud without a hole...dominic from cb performance is trying to sus out what the deal is at the moment - hopefully I can get it sorted soon. No speedo = no rego = no driving (legally).

matara - July 22nd, 2005 at 03:51 PM

Das,

BMW's use an electronic speedo pickup in the rear diff that controls a stepper motor that controls the needle. Perhaps you could adapt something from a Beemer to do what you need, but I would suspect that you just have a dud and it would be far easier to sort that out.

Cheers

Steve

Golde60 - July 22nd, 2005 at 06:20 PM

i will bite my tongue about this.

all i will say is that we have a guy at work who we call 'the mirror' - because he is always looking into it.

that said i hope that cb arent the same, and you get an answer. i didnt get far.

good luck alan.

Dasdubber - July 22nd, 2005 at 06:35 PM

Hopefully it will work out - I know what you are going through Kim. Hopefully when I get my car certified this may provide some support for your case and your engineer.

I have got a few emails back in response from cb performance so I am confident it will be sorted. But if it is a matter of me sending one back for replacement it will cost me a fortune for freight! So we'll see what happens.

1303Steve - July 22nd, 2005 at 06:42 PM

Hi

New aftermarket VDO speedos have a sensor that can be mounted on the hub, they are good idea anyway for getting the speedo accurate with custom wheels.

Steve

vw54 - July 27th, 2005 at 07:27 AM

maybe you have to specify to CB when ordering that you want the spindles for street use and need a speedo hole, they might swap them for you if you ring