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    Spedo failure question

    Well its my time to contribute to the comunity a little bit again.

    Well my bro has picked up 2 e30's in the last couple of month, both have shit Odo's. Well hes pulled them apart and found that the 2 smallest finest pitch gears are the ones that took a shit on his.

    I never have had any issues with the Odo on any e30 I have had, so my questions is..............

    Are those the 2 most common gear drive failures or are there others????


    That said would there be any intrest in a replacement gear set for those 2 gears made from aluminum??????

    He works in a precision machine and tool shop and this is a little pet project if there is interest in them he may make a few extra sets
    Originally posted by Fusion
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    #2
    There are others that fail, but in my experience, it's usually the smallest ones.

    I don't know if aluminum gears would help,unless you replaced ALL of the gears with aluminum. I think if you just replace one or two with aluminum, the other plastic/nylon gears left in there would soon get shredded.

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      #3
      the little fucker is normally the first to go. save time and change them all now
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        #4
        rig yeah we have both thought about the fact that switching to AL may cause the stripping of the next one back in the system. But................. The point remains that its the finest and the highest pitch of all the the gears in the system, so being made outta AL may not cause more issues with the more robust gears further up in the system.

        That said, Derlin should not be an issue to have them made if there is some kind of interest
        Originally posted by Fusion
        If a car is the epitome of freedom, than an electric car is house arrest with your wife titty fucking your next door neighbor.
        The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. -Alexis de Tocqueville


        The Desire to Save Humanity is Always a False Front for the Urge to Rule it- H. L. Mencken

        Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants.
        William Pitt-

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          #5
          These little douchebags are $25 apiece from odogears.com. If you can make them for cheaper than that I'm sure you'd get some interest.
          paint sucks

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            #6
            just as a heads up, I replaced just the small gear last Nov. Come June, the next 2 in line crapped out. If you have the ability, make all three, or you WILL be back in there again. As Wh33lhop states, they arent cheap, so if you can beat the current price, you should have mounds of business
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              #7
              stop resetting it with the car moving and they won't break :p
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                #8
                Originally posted by nando View Post
                stop resetting it with the car moving and they won't break :p
                Not true.....mine were nothing more than goo when replaced.

                I did wreck a set of vdo gears on a Jetta from doing what you say..car was moving and i heard an audible crunccchhh.....

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