Stuart_B
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| posted on 22/5/09 at 12:41 PM |
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speedo sensor pick up
hi all, can i mount a speedo sensor on the one of the front wheels?
it is undriven wheel, but i have passed sva all ready so now worries about that?
but i was wondering promblems off when turning one wheel soins quicker than the other, so it would make no differnace if i put it on the rear wheel
than the front?
your throught please?
thanks
stuart
black mk indy, 1.6pinto on cbr600 bike carb's.
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prawnabie
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| posted on 22/5/09 at 12:49 PM |
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As long as you have passed sva/iva and it reads more or less the right speed then I can't see a problem. Alot of modern cars read the speed off
one of the wheel bearings anyway.
Shaun
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BenB
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| posted on 22/5/09 at 02:11 PM |
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Fundamentally not a major problem post SVA!!! One advantage of having the speedo on a non-driven wheel is you won't get MPH blips due to wheel
spin....
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Stuart_B
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| posted on 22/5/09 at 03:14 PM |
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thanks i will keep to the orginal plan then.
stuart
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Xtreme Kermit
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| posted on 22/5/09 at 05:51 PM |
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I took a different approach and bought a converter from the type 9 speedo output to a threaded output and mounted the transducer on that.
No worries of magnets flying off...
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prawnabie
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| posted on 22/5/09 at 06:39 PM |
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If you are running cortina uprights, the bolt heads that hold the disc to the hub pass a "hole" in the upright. Im sure you can get a
sensor that reads "metal" instead or "magnet" and do it that way?
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jeffw
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| posted on 22/5/09 at 09:47 PM |
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I tried to moment a magnet on the front wheel and the pickup on the upright. Worked fine until you turned the wheel and the speedo stopped working.
Ended up mounting it on the rear axle/wheel;
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Stuart_B
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| posted on 23/5/09 at 07:55 AM |
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ah, i just worked out my speedo as well will be ok will doing straight, but wont work while truning.lol
change of plan time.lol
stuart
black mk indy, 1.6pinto on cbr600 bike carb's.
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prawnabie
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| posted on 23/5/09 at 11:40 AM |
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I might be dumb here, but why wouldn't it work?
Surley the upright and the disc/hub are the same distance away regardless of whether you are turning or not?
There may be a bit of flex, but not enough to cause problems else we would be changing wheel bearings every month lol.
Shaun
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Stuart_B
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| posted on 23/5/09 at 03:39 PM |
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the way i was going to make the bracket was, to be held on the wishbone bolt which hold teh bottom balljoint on, so that part does not move the sensor
would not trun, so i might look at mounting to the hub or teh rear drums some how.
i am running sierra uprights.
thanks
stuart
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triumphdave
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| posted on 23/5/09 at 06:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by prawnabie
If you are running cortina uprights, the bolt heads that hold the disc to the hub pass a "hole" in the upright. Im sure you can get a
sensor that reads "metal" instead or "magnet" and do it that way?
This is what I have done
If you always do what you have always done you will always get what you have always got
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