John Gaines Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 I hope there is a simple solution to this. I have a right angle drive to fit in my type 9 which has a male thread at one end and a female at the other but the gearbox has a hole with no thread where the drive goes in. There is a ridge for a circlip to hold a drive in. So is there a small adaptor that Ishould have? Where could I obtain one from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Grundy Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 John, There should be a brass "Top Hat" which fits over the speedo drive. This top hat is held in by a circlip and the speedo sensor screws into the top hat. I would suspect that the circlip has not been fiitted correctly and the top hat has fallen out. However you do not say what year your car is, so if it is an earlier model the fixings may well be different. Caterham will provide you with the parts but it will mean taking off the tunnel inside the car and removing the right hand side tunnel carpet to get at the access hole to fit the parts. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain chaos Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Your assumptions are spot on. There is a semi-floating piece which is held in by a circlip. I suppose Caterham is going to be your best or possibly Phil at Road and Race transmissions (archive for phone number) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don_g Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 The circlip can be easily (well fairly easily!) fitted by using a 'right angled' circlip pliers, which allow access from below without attacking the interior. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taran Las Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 I asked Caterham about this when I inadvertantly knocked mine off. They no longer stock the 'Top Hat manual' version, but sell an electronic version instead - cost circa £60. Philip. D. Owen Membership No. 3976 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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