Help. Speedo gear stuck inside

[Grey Vw]

Or came apart.. What happened here? This is literally all I need to drive my car again after more then a month of being down. Also the little needle part that goes through came out.

[TominMO]

That looks strange; not at all what I expect to see for the speedo cable, and the drive gear assembly it threads onto. I think some PO juryrigged a speedo cable at some point. You should be able to get it out with a needle-nose pliers tho, then proceed from there. If you have a Haynes manual, check page 1-20 for relevant pics.

[georgeb]

Grab what's left with vice grips.

[iceracerdude]

I'd drive a lag bolt into it and extract it that way, cause what's left won't be useable.

[Bert]

I can't figure out what you've got left there. Pictures are of an Aspire speedo gear complete. They're slightly longer than Festy but otherwise much the same in appearance.
Good luck. Dissimilar metals are great for fusing to each other.

[WmWatt]

Be careful. That doesn't look like a Festiva to me either but the metal on that collar is probably very soft. I'd first dose it liberally around the outside with penetrant (WD-40, Liquid Wrench, etc., or my favourite 50% motor oil and 50% paint thinner which is cheaper than motor oil). I would shove a stick of wood or something inside to keep the collar from collapsing. Then you have a choice of pilers (I use slip joint, others locking) or drilling a hole latteraly throught the collar and filler and pushing a punch or large nail through and turning with that. Good luck.

[Grey Vw]

Be careful. That doesn't look like a Festiva to me either but the metal on that collar is probably very soft. I'd first dose it liberally around the outside with penetrant (WD-40, Liquid Wrench, etc., or my favourite 50% motor oil and 50% paint thinner which is cheaper than motor oil). I would shove a stick of wood or something inside to keep the collar from collapsing. Then you have a choice of pilers (I use slip joint, others locking) or drilling a hole latteraly throught the collar and filler and pushing a punch or large nail through and turning with that. Good luck.

It's an Escort GT tranny, I'll start beating on it later today when I get back from work.

[Larry Hampton]

I'd drive a lag bolt into it and extract it that way, cause what's left won't be useable.

Probably this, and coat the lag bolt Liberally with grease prior to inserting it, in fact use a grease gun to pump some into the hole, to catch shavings from installing the lag bolt. Then use a slide hammer to pull it out.