Angle drive shaft appears to be too long

[iflights]

I replaced my angle drive, dust cover, and lower cable in hopes of my speedo failure would be solved. Apparently I fall into the 10% of speedo problems not resolved by replacing those. I suspect it is the speedo itself since running a drill on the shaft in the upper cable doesn't move the needle.

Regardless, I hope the speedo can be repaired by some local shop specializing in such things.

The question I have is that the angle drive shaft appears to be about 2mm or3mm too long, and the dust cover is hard to get into a well sealed position. I've ensured its seated into the AD, but still just a bit too long.

Is this a common problem, and if so, any advice?

Thanks
Steve

[Gregadeth]

I haven't done it myself but if the AD shaft is too long I believe you should be able to just grind it down. As for the upper cable not moving the speedo needle, if the needle isn't moving at all, it's possible the cable has gotten disconnected at the speedo end.

[iflights]

I haven't done it myself but if the AD shaft is too long I believe you should be able to just grind it down. As for the upper cable not moving the speedo needle, if the needle isn't moving at all, it's possible the cable has gotten disconnected at the speedo end.

Thought about grinding it down or shearing it off. Didn't know if this was a common problem. Could not find any solution in the forum other than 1 other comment.

Thanks good thought on the possible disconnect. I'll get under the dash this weekend.

[Chris 16409]

This is what I have seen done before. Not an orthodox repair but it seemed to work

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[opethmike]

I hate it when my shaft is too long.

[iflights]

I hate it when my shaft is too long.

Honestly, I did give consideration to calling it a rod, but chose shaft instead.