[Staowners] speedo speedo

[Terry Poole]

Hi All,

I once had "the shakes" and it turned out to be the prop shaft out of  
balance due to a partly worn out u/j at the rear end. Best of luck.
Terry.
On 31 Jul 2007, at 10:03, Mal Clark wrote:

> Kevin,I do wish you luck with your purchase of the Sunbeams,and  
> speedo readings,your last problem,all I can say is welcome to,I  
> think a inbuilt problem of our cars at  55/60 MPH of what is  
> described by many and myself as Scuttle Shake,the Sunbeam list  
> discussed this problem, a while back, and all sorts of ideas where  
> suggested,all I can say is the Sunbeams I have owned they have all  
> had to Shake at the speed you mentioned,it is a transverse scuttle  
> shake (across the car) and transmitting through the seats etc,you  
> can drive through it,at a higher speed, similar to out of balance  
> wheels,but its not, I have never cured it or found the reason it  
> occurs ,my have to live with it, until someone does cure it,I would  
> be too concerned, good luck Mal Clark.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: starcars8 at comcast.net
> To: scotty ; staowners
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 7:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [Staowners] speedo speedo
>
> Kevin, When I installed overdrives to my cars I took them to a  
> speedo specialist here in Portland who have a rolling road and a  
> gauge that measures the actual and indicated road speeds. They then  
> assemble a geared ratio adaptor to even out the difference and  
> install it in the speedo cable. Cost about $120. Seems a lot easier  
> than trying to find a different driven gear.
> Regarding the vibration,how's the wheel balance?? Often times when  
> you can "drive through" a vibration it's a wheel balance or run out  
> problem.You may check the wheels for run out as well as balance.  
> What was the Sunbeam turnout at Bellevue?? Unfortunately  I wasn't  
> able to make this of all years.                   Pete
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: scotty <taybrig at shaw.ca>
> HI All. just an update on the 4 Sunbeams in Victoria B.C. debacle,  
> the seller has returned my cheque after 4 weeks and I have in turn  
> served him court documents to uphold his part of the deal and  
> release the cars to me, so we shall see what happens I will keep  
> you posted.
> On another matter I just returned from the annual British field  
> meet in Bellevue ( Seattle) WA ,it was the salute to Sunbeams this  
> year and is only a three our drive, the car ran great but I (the  
> car) has 2 problems, the speedo is out by .6 of a mile, using the  
> mile pointers on the side of the road my speedo reads 1.6 miles for  
> every mile traveled, I have a non stock o/d unit on my original  
> trans so I suspect I need to change to a speedo gear with more  
> teeth, anyone know if they swap out easily and how many teeth = .6  
> of a mile ??  Secondly at an indicated speed of 55-65 mph I have a  
> driveline vibration / grumble that goes away at faster speeds or  
> slower speeds and is not there on deceleration, trans??? or ??
>
>                 Happy Beaming
>                                        Kevin
>
>
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