The drive gear is in the tail shaft of the transmission. The driven gear is on the end of the speedometer cable housing.
It does not have a speedometer gear. The speedometer is electronic and gets its signal from the ABS and transmission computers from the wheel speed and transmission speed sensors.It does not have a speedometer gear. The speedometer is electronic and gets its signal from the ABS and transmission computers from the wheel speed and transmission speed sensors.
In a 1995 Mitsubishi Galant, the speedometer cable is typically located on the transmission. It connects to the speedometer drive gear on the transmission and runs up through the firewall to the dashboard, where it connects to the speedometer gauge. To access it, you may need to lift the vehicle and remove any protective covers for better visibility.
Top of the transmission...
At the top the speedometer cable is connected to a little gear in the speedometer guage, and on the bottom end it is connected to a little gear in the car's transmission.
broken cable? Broken gear at transmission end? Broken gear at speedometer head?
Most of the time, the speedometer cable breaks, and you replace it. The best way to find out, is to unscrew it from the transmission, and see if you can pull the cable out from the casing. If it checks out to be good, then it will be the drive gear inside the transmission, or the speedometer itself.
speedometer gear
A gear inside the transmission turns a gear on the speed sensor. This creats a wave signal which is sent to the speedometer. The speedometer translates the signal and moves the needle in relation to the sent signal from the sensor. The signal is also sent to the ecu.
YES!! if the speedo gear is plastic, the contamination from that gear can get imbedded in the clutches and bands (if any). Doing so will cause the transmission to have more damage creating a snowball effect doing more damage to itself.
DEPENDS ON WHAT YEAR. ON THE 1993 EDDIE BAUER 4WD - THE SPEED SENSOR IS PART OF THE SPEEDOMETER CABLE. THE SPEEDOMETER DRIVE GEAR GOES INTO THE TRANSMISSION DRIVEN GEAR (INSIDE TRANNY). THE SENSOR HAS AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION THAT JUST PLUGS IN AT THE TOP.
MIGHT NEED A NEW SPEED SENSOR I posted the original question. I paid to have the symptoms diagnosed. It was actually a worn plastic gear set on the end of the speed sensor / speedometer cable and the mating gear in the transmission. The one inside the transmission requires tear-down of entire transmission... bad news.
Sounds like a grenaded transmission