I’m down to fixing somewhat unnecessary items on my Xplorer. Speedo never worked since I got it. Pulled the speedo, and it was corroded and frozen on the inside. Cable was still in it when I took it off. The reset knob was missing, and it’s obvious that a ton of water got in there over a long period of time. I got a speedo from a polaris snowmobile of the same year in really good shape, really cheap. I don’t care if it’s accurate, I’d just like it to move. As I said, I’m just fiddling with little stuff at this point and will get it working if I can do it cheaply. So I Installed the speedo, put the ATV on my lift, and ran it in gear. Speedo didn’t move. Unhooked cable from speedo and ran it in gear looking at cable end, didn’t move. Unhooked the cable (at both ends) and made sure the insides of the speedo moved freely, they did, as I said, it’s in really good shape. Made sure when I spun one end of the cable, the other end moved, spins fine. By process of elimination, I’m at the speedo gear on the transmission as the culprit. I’m assuming that since the old speedo was frozen, the gear inside the housing got damaged. I haven’t taken it off yet because I wanted to see if anyone on here could explain what’s in there and how it works before I take it off and have to replace the gasket. If it’s fixable or replaceable for cheap, I’ll take it off and continue fiddling. If it will be a big pain, I’ll leave it alone and live with a pretty speedo that doesn’t function, and move on to something else. Thanks for any assistance or info.
