speedo repair question

[Billmc52]

The speedometer in my 28 Phaeton locked up and broke the speedo cable. With a new cable the speedo will not turn by hand so I assume the unit needs to be disassembled and repaired. I am newbie and have zero experience with speedometers so I am very hesitant to try to repair it myself for fear of ruining it and having to buy a rebuilt one. Any suggestions/recomendations as to who can repair it? I see Snyder's has a rebuilt unit for around $225 but I hope I can have mine repaired for considerably less.
Thanks.

 

[Bob Johnson]

I have several speedometer articles on my web site. Go to the following link for a list of the articles.

Speedometer articles

The one that might help you is the on at the bottom.

Fixing a "frozen" speedometer


Bob

 

[mrtexas]

There are at least half a dozen homemade tools to take apart a speedo. I have made the spanner wrench described in the 14 page article. Try ebay. You can get a rebuilt one for $115, no core.

 

[msmaron]

There is only one person i think.. Harry Warburton to repair speedos!

 

[Aerocraft]

Search for the numerous threads that have discussed speedometer repair. It is rather easy to fix the problem that you have. Gar Williams

 

[Billmc52]

Thanks for the suggestions. I think I'll try to loosen it myself this weekend before I consider sending it off for repair.