[urq] Odometer gear (mass buy?) group purchase

[Ben Swann]

I'm pretty sure it is the one you are referring to - I have had varying
degrees of success in fixing slipping gears, but once they crack, any repair
will not last.   The brass gear will never split like the nylon ones do.

Before I start shipping these things, here is what I intend to do:

Provide pictures, either on website or by email of the gear and its location
in the speedo - mine is out now so I can probably do a little "how to
replace" with pictures.

It would have been nice to do some other speedo gears too, as the 2 older
coupe Odometers, as well as around five 4kq speedos I have all had the same
problem, yet they use different gears.  I just can't afford to put the money
up front for a group purchase on all of these.  I may be able to do some in
the future if there is sufficient interest.

Ben
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "W. Bremer" <wbremer at maine.rr.com>
To: "Ben Swann" <benswann at comcast.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] Odometer gear (mass buy?) group purchase


> Ben:
> I am also interested, but I want to be sure which gear we are talking
about
> before I commit to $40 or so, especially if I can get a replacement from
> Louiis-Alain's referred shop for $25 CDN.
>
> As I recall, the speedo drive spins the speedometer (of course!) and also
> drives one gear that turns the odometer.  At one point ten years ago, this
> gear loosened on my urq (but did not split) and I was able to "reconnect"
it
> to the shaft so that everything worked again.  As I recall, this gear was
a
> smallish white nylon or plastic gear--I don't recall the number of teeth,
> but it probably was less than 1/2" in diameter.  In reviewing your earlier
> emails, what you plan to make sounds like what loosened in mine, so count
me
> in, as I suspect my "fix" will fail at some point.
>
> I do think that it would help your cause if you could provide a photo of
the
> gear in the speedo.  I think some folks would be reluctant to open the
> speedo and muck with that gear and shaft, etc.   Reasonably detailed
repair
> instructions might help folks buy your enhancement as opposed to just
> shipping the broken speedo to a repair company.   Is this gear only for
urq
> speedos (in terms of number of teeth), or is it generic for all type 85
> Audis?   You could post something in the Audifans Marketplace and include
a
> photo for free.   I'm not trying to tell you your business; I agree with
you
> that this is yet another weak link in the urqs (I've never had a problem
in
> either of my two 180K mileage 4000Qs).  From maintaining the Registry, a
> number of folks have reported that the odometer is not working reliably in
> their urqs, but I did not record that so I don't have specific names.
>
> Anyway, count me in for something around $40 US.
> thanks,
> Bill
>
>