RaysnCayne
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- Dec 6, 2020
- Posts
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- Location
- Richmond
- First Name
- Zach
- Truck Year
- 1987
- Truck Model
- R10 Custom Deluxe
- Engine Size
- 305
Hey y'all,
I'm dealing with a TH400 for the first time in my personal gearhead journey and am having issues trying to adjust the speedometer driven gear to get the right value on the speedo gauge.
I swapped out the original 40-tooth gear for a 36 and thought it odd that the new driven gear didn't seem to touch the drive gear after installing it. But figured things would change once the truck got moving. But the needle didn't budge (just laid flat on the gauge).
Then I noticed the numbers cast into the housing. So I found a different housing with the right numbers thinking it would have a longer snout to push the driven gear into the drive gear. But it looks to my untrained eye to be exactly the same.
I've yet to install this new housing, but figured I'd ask the audience what I'm missing before I try (and fail?) a second time.
Am I missing a bushing or something in this combo to get the driven gear to mesh with the drive gear?
I did notice you can't fit the 40-tooth gear into the 36-39 housing due to it having a very, very slight step in the shaft. But there's no step in my eBay-sourced 36-tooth gear.
I'm dealing with a TH400 for the first time in my personal gearhead journey and am having issues trying to adjust the speedometer driven gear to get the right value on the speedo gauge.
I swapped out the original 40-tooth gear for a 36 and thought it odd that the new driven gear didn't seem to touch the drive gear after installing it. But figured things would change once the truck got moving. But the needle didn't budge (just laid flat on the gauge).
Then I noticed the numbers cast into the housing. So I found a different housing with the right numbers thinking it would have a longer snout to push the driven gear into the drive gear. But it looks to my untrained eye to be exactly the same.
I've yet to install this new housing, but figured I'd ask the audience what I'm missing before I try (and fail?) a second time.
Am I missing a bushing or something in this combo to get the driven gear to mesh with the drive gear?
I did notice you can't fit the 40-tooth gear into the 36-39 housing due to it having a very, very slight step in the shaft. But there's no step in my eBay-sourced 36-tooth gear.
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