Speedo Sensor Bracket

This is a piece which can quite easily be forgotten about until the time comes to fit the speedo sensor and you realise the sensor has nothing to hang from by which time the transmission tunnel has been nicely finished off, carpeted etc.

The bracket comes as a pre-cut piece of steel, GBS fold the bracket into essentially a box shape and drill holes for rivnuts to be fixed through.

Now maybe I am missing something here but using rivnuts seems overkill when once the bracket is fitted the side panels are carpeted and the seats in position, you will be unable to unscrew the bracket to remove, so why provide for rivnuts..? also using rivnuts will make for an uneven surface in which to stick the carpet to the transmission tunnel sides, so in all honesty that feature is lost on me.

Therefore I elected to rivet the bracket into position....

The bracket itself needs to be positioned over the propshaft bolts. In terms of height its not too important as the speedo sensor has a threaded shaft which you can screw in / out to get the correct height (2mm above the propshaft bolt) in order for the speedo to register.

Some of the bracket will need trimming away so as to prevent it fouling with the fuel lines and brake pipes which run down the driver side of the transmission tunnel.

I used some cardboard to act as a temporary spacer to position the bracket above the propshaft bolts (this equated to approx 1cm above), marked the driver side transmission panel and drilled through, riveting into position.

Same will be done to the passenger side transmission tunnel panel when fitted and all being well that will ensure the bracket is in position to receive the speedo sensor at a later date.