4 replies to this topic

[Bees1957]

im wanting to fit a Brantz trip meter with a wheel sensor to the front nearside wheel location, has anyone done it and if so have you any pictures of it in situ?

thank you 

[DeadSquare]

Is there any special reason why you want a wheel sensor ?

 

The "adapter" which fits between the gearbox and the spedo cable works well.

 

Just out of interest:-   Somebody used to make one with a trigger on the diff Hardy Spicer (Gosh, that's showing my age )

[Bees1957]

spoke to Brantz today and they are having difficulty getting the adapters made, so thought as a have a wheel sensor i would see if anyone had fitted one. 

[Mudhen]

Wouldn't you always put the sensor on the back to reduce inaccuracies associated with wheel spin?

 

(depending on how many handbrake turns you might be doing I suppose  )

 

Is it a magnetic style pickup unit?  For my modern Alfa rally computer I drilled a hole through the rear brake backing plate, put the pickup unit there and glued the magnet to the backside of the hub - kept everything pretty safe from stones, etc.

[GraemeC]

Agree with the above - fit it to the back wheel.   I use a sensor through the backplate picking up on the rear of the wheel studs.

I run one in each rear wheel with the Brantz input switchable between the two, should one fail (however to fully benefit from this you need to establish that the calibration is the same for both, or calibrate each side against the measured mile and make a note of the correction factors needed).