Reproducing speedo gear and brass adapter

[Marc van Aalderen]

Hello All,

I have received a quote on reproducing the speedo driven gear and it's adapter. These two parts go in the extension between the gearbox and the rear axle differential and the speedo cable is screwed on to the brass adapter. Richard was kind enough to lend me these rare parts to make this possible.

The machine shop offered the adapters for € 80 and the gear for € 90. There will be a 19 % VAT or Sales Tax added to this.

In my opinion this is a very reasonable quote on reproducing these parts considering the amount of machining needed. The gear will even be hardened to 58-60 Rockwell for a long lifetime.

The parts will be sold on at cost. Please see the attached quote.UC Speedo Drive Quote.pdf
Shipping will be extra or can take to Beltring at no added cost.

If anybody has a need for these parts and has sofar not contacted me then now is the time to do so. The parts will go in production in a couple of weeks.

Cheers,

[RichardT10829]

Marc have you had any takers on this ? i would have thought loads of the lads would need them, or at very least have a spare made.

[Marc van Aalderen]

Richard,

To be honest I'm a little bit disappionted in the response sofar. One member initially asked for a price and wanted 3 or 4 sets. Now only wants 2 of the gears. Kevin wants a set. Aidan has not yet replied but I fear the PM was lost in the transfer of the Forum. I just resend the PM to him. That is all for now.

As you say there must be a lot of Carriers in need of these parts or just have these as spares. I think the price is fair considering the amount of machining involved and even hardening of the gear. Don't you agree on this? Selling them on at cost also.

Hopefully there will be more response shortly.

Cheers,

[RichardT10829]

Aidan is Big Mike....he asked me for one of these a year ago...so it further confirms he is BM.... he may not have posting access on here anymore so you may want to email him to see if he still wants one.

I would say your pricing is very good as they are a hard piece to machine....the brass adapter is the easy bit the drive spindle is a different matter altogether

[shaun]

Hi Marc, that is a very fair price. if i dont have any luck recovering my new genuine one i may well have one.

[Marc van Aalderen]

Hi Shaun,

With the number of Carriers you have had and possibly will have in the future you may need several! Let me know soon if you need a set please.

I agree, the price is very fair. I really did my best to get this price. Even offering the company to come by for a drive in my Carrier.

Cheers,