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doughobbs:
Howdy all,

Looking to source a speedo hub drive for a rearwheel - something like the one attached to the rearwheel of this (bit hard to see it clearly I know!):

https://31091799-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/clear1garage/two-wheels/sun-motorcycle/Sun motorcycle.jpg

The internals for it I can get from here:
https://villiersservices.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=21_42_157&products_id=822

But I've no idea where to get the 90* drive box that connects to the brake plate

Any help greatly appreciated.

thanks
Doug

R:
I think by now you have probably realised that those speedo drive units are getting tough to find.

I did see that someone was remaking them - in brass ? - and they were expensive.
Can't readily find where that was, but a more thorough search may turn something up ?

I found one a while ago, on a WD Enfield brake plate - I bought it for the NOS brake shoes.
This is front wheel, but they'd be the same.
If you look closely, the speedo unit is disintegrating - the zinc body is suffering zinc disease.
Hence the brass bodies on the remakes. ?
https://i.postimg.cc/85cVyfK6/Enfield-WD-NOS-brake.jpg

Hitchcocks, the mecca of Enfield parts, don't have any.
https://accessories.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/16815?qty=1&continue_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com%2Fpartsbook-pages%2F927
A sign they are really scarce.
Good luck.

P.S. That is a lovely little Sun pic, in oily rag condition ...

R:
PPS. I had just ordered a GPS speedo for a similar sort of project.
Now it does look a bit whiz bang, and require 12v.
But it will get things legal while suitable parts emerge from the woodwork ...

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/lzkAAOSwWCtg7l5I/s-l1600.jpg

And cost less than the speedo drive gears you linked to ...

Rex:
Empty or damaged bodies aren't so rare, so on my old Empire Star the drive was a dummy and the speedo was just for show.

doughobbs:

--- Quote from: Rex on July 28, 2021, 08:50:04 AM ---Empty or damaged bodies aren't so rare, so on my old Empire Star the drive was a dummy and the speedo was just for show.

--- End quote ---


What did you do for a working speedo?

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