Speedometer Gear
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The speedo "driven" gear 17 R green - ish . Note the rotation slant on the gear as these enter the tranny tail from the LH side. The drive gear was also dark green as original (somewhat hard to find lately).
The speedo "driven" gear 17 R green - ish . Note the rotation slant on the gear as these enter the tranny tail from the LH side. The drive gear was also dark green as original (somewhat hard to find lately).
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The stock MK1/1A uses a 6 tooth drive gear and and a 15 tooth driven gear (on the cable )
MKII's use a 7 tooth drive gear and and a 17 tooth driven gear
Both combinations will give more or less accurate reading with stock ish height tire of around 24"" high... with stock 2.88 rear and stock 980 rev./mile speedo...
In the David Kee toploader catalogue, it lists the drive gears 6 tooth - green, 7 tooth - yellow and also lists an 8 tooth - brown that will fit Sunbeam Tiger.
The 15 tooth driven gear is pretty much NLA.. color is... well not really much color on a used one
...see pic
Readily available gears are... 16 tooth - Burgundy, 17 tooth - White, 18 tooth - Yellow, 19 tooth - Pink, 20 tooth - Black and 21 tooth - Red
As Randy said, these are RH gears... If you have a lower rear than 2.88's or shorter than stock tire, the higher number driven gears will give you a more accurate speedo... For instance, running 205/50-15's and 3.31 gears, the calculator says either 6/18 or 7/21 is about right...
Hope that helps
Jim
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MKII's use a 7 tooth drive gear and and a 17 tooth driven gear
Both combinations will give more or less accurate reading with stock ish height tire of around 24"" high... with stock 2.88 rear and stock 980 rev./mile speedo...
In the David Kee toploader catalogue, it lists the drive gears 6 tooth - green, 7 tooth - yellow and also lists an 8 tooth - brown that will fit Sunbeam Tiger.
The 15 tooth driven gear is pretty much NLA.. color is... well not really much color on a used one
...see picReadily available gears are... 16 tooth - Burgundy, 17 tooth - White, 18 tooth - Yellow, 19 tooth - Pink, 20 tooth - Black and 21 tooth - Red
As Randy said, these are RH gears... If you have a lower rear than 2.88's or shorter than stock tire, the higher number driven gears will give you a more accurate speedo... For instance, running 205/50-15's and 3.31 gears, the calculator says either 6/18 or 7/21 is about right...
Hope that helps
Jim
B382ooo446