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Guys -- speedo cable snapped the other day on series 2, replaced the inner with an Italian S2 one -- drive works fine -- the cable is turning but speedo not working -- what's the difference between an Indian & Italian inner cable?

The end of the Indian cable that fits into the speedo itself is about 3 times the size of an Italian one.

So an Italian inner in an Indian speedo will not touch the sides as you have just found out.

Digger wrote:The end of the Indian cable that fits into the speedo itself is about 3 times the size of an Italian one.

So an Italian inner in an Indian speedo will not touch the sides as you have just found out.

Story of my life -- hahahahahahaha

I have managed to "tin" the speedo end of the cable and build up solder on it and then lightly shape it.

OK -- next problem -- got an Indian speedo inner cable that fits the speedo but is too long for the outer -- any easy solutions or do I have to buy an Indian outer from the same dealer? Don't get confused often but this has me beat at the moment -- Cheers G

Just had similar issues. I fitted a new speedo to the wrong inner ( italian ) This in turn rounded off the drive inside the speedo. I have just ordered a new Italian Speedo, hope this does the trick.

St George wrote:Just had similar issues. I fitted a new speedo to the wrong inner ( italian ) This in turn rounded off the drive inside the speedo. I have just ordered a new Italian Speedo, hope this does the trick.

Snap -- done that with my series 3 too -- what a shambles! hahahaha -- G

Update on this & utterly confused, the story so far

1. Speedo cable snapped
2. Italian speedo cable inner ordered
3. Italian speedo wrong & Indian inner required
4. Indian one ordered but too long for outer
5. Indian outer ordered but doesn't fit speedo end (coupling too small)
6. I now have an Italian outer & an Indian inner

Anyone shed any light on this? -- G

Just buy a complete speedo cable(inner and outer)Easy enough to fit and less than a tenner,job done.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LAMBRETTA-SER ... SwPh5ZDuCX

Granty to some up my one.

Bought a new speedo two years ago. Inner cable too small and rounded off inner drive of speedo. Have fitted a new Italian speedo toady to my Italian cable. Job done

St George wrote:Granty to some up my one.

Bought a new speedo two years ago. Inner cable too small and rounded off inner drive of speedo. Have fitted a new Italian speedo toady to my Italian cable. Job done

Brilliant -- I think I've managed to get mine sorted now but jeso some absolute rubbish out there

Just be thankful you are not trying to fit a Spanish S2 speedo. Indian inner but the outer cable nut is different again to both Italian and Indian cables. Ended up trimming down the nut from a v**pa outer cable.

Turned out to be a complete waste of time, effort and money as I sent the speedo away for repair and never seen it since

Tony Hart wrote:Just be thankful you are not trying to fit a Spanish S2 speedo. Indian inner but the outer cable nut is different again to both Italian and Indian cables. Ended up trimming down the nut from a v**pa outer cable.

Turned out to be a complete waste of time, effort and money as I sent the speedo away for repair and never seen it since

The joys -- you know what -- I had to use an Indian inner, shave down a nut to slide over the cable & act as a spacer to make sure the end of the speedo cable engaged with the speedo itself but t make sure there was enough at the bottom to engage with the worm -- I'm left with an Indian outer, 1 x Italian inner & 2 Indian inners that are too long for any of the outers I have -- you couldn't make it up!

Right Troops -- am I being a complete hoop here -- I can now manage to get the milometer working & ticking over but the speedo needle is glued firmly at 0mph -- any clues?

Can beat that. New speedo and cable and front hub. Milometer works, as does the speedo but only up to 10MPH ?

Change up into 2nd

Some inner speedo cables don't have a brass ferrule around the cable at the speedo end, so when it's all connected up, the inner cable drops down the outer just enough to disengage it from the speedo.

JETEX wrote:Some inner speedo cables don't have a brass ferrule around the cable at the speedo end, so when it's all connected up, the inner cable drops down the outer just enough to disengage it from the speedo.

hahha -- found that one out too, had to fettle up a spacer at the speedo end to make sure it didn't disengage from the speedo end -- as I said I have a speedo that will clock the miles but will not tell me how fast it thinks I'm going! -- unreal

This now sounds as though your speedo needle is not getting dragged by the rotating magnet.

They dismantle fairly easily. Even I have managed to get them apart & functioning!