Speedometer noise

[Robby Van Arsdale]

Nobody here nor C90Club seems to be having my problem, but I have to imagine it's because I'm ignorant and they're not.

New Speedo cable and housing from CMSNL.com. Now speedo squawks like an injured duck. Low speeds are accurate, but recently I broke 35mph for the first time and the needle floated away to infinity and isn't as well calibrated anymore. The odometer is still accurate.

Shop manual says part of the cable is supposed to be lubricated, not at the top where it fits into the dash. Why would it need this straight from the manufacturer? And: Others say never lubricate.

It might not be lubrication. Any other ideas? Thanks.

 

[b52bombardier1]

My guess is that your speedometer has failed internally - probably not a cable problem. Places like North Hollywood Speedometer in southern California can repair / rebuild these but you won't like the price. I recently requested a quote from them to repair the original speedometer that died a loud screeching death on a '59 Chevy Apache truck - $425.00. That's halfway towards replacing the entire instrument panel cluster with a fully modern electronic Dakota Digital HDX cluster.

Simply replace it with a used cluster for way less money unless this particular speedometer and mileage is important to you.

Rick

 

[detdrbuzzard]

pull the cable out of the casing and put something like chassie lube on it and try that before buying a new speedometer, i had one making noise on my old CB750 and thats what i did to it. the noise went away

 

[Robby Van Arsdale]

Ok. I'll try the lube before I replace the whole speedo.

I have some light machine oil I think will work. I am just frustrated that it didn't come prepared from the factory.