The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2

Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: thrang on March 17, 2016, 06:32:29 AM

Title: buggered Speedo
Post by: thrang on March 17, 2016, 06:32:29 AM

Hiya all,
The 35 year old speedo on my R65 is on its last legs, and I've been told a bloke called Peter Bond in London is reliable, has anyone done any business with him?

Ta.

Title: Re: buggered Speedo
Post by: tunnelrider on March 18, 2016, 02:07:35 AM

Hi Tony,

Can't give you any opinion on the guy.  What's the problem with the speedo? Guess you've already checked out the speedo drive at the gearbox and cable tho?

Title: Re: buggered Speedo
Post by: thrang on March 20, 2016, 04:39:17 AM

The drive cable is only 2 years old and looks fine, the gear box was completely overhauled when I did a complete mechanical rebuild 2013  and has only 10k miles on it. The trip reset pin has broken and the boot has cracked, letting moisture into the unit, so I am guessing its either corrosion or part of the pin is jamming the odometer. Since they are not replaceable by BMW and Peter wants £240 for the refurb I'm going to bite the bullet and send it down to him after Easter.