falconvan Posted December 23, 2011 Report Posted December 23, 2011 If your speedometer is all over the place and the squeaks really bad which is the likely culprit; the cable or the gauge? Quote
JIPJOBXX Posted December 23, 2011 Report Posted December 23, 2011 Sounds like a speedocable and you can maybe fix that by lubricating the internal cabel with some white grease. Just slip the cable out and reinstall it with the grease on the cable. Quote
chopt50wgn Posted December 23, 2011 Report Posted December 23, 2011 Mixing some graphite with some grease works well. Quote
JBNeal Posted December 23, 2011 Report Posted December 23, 2011 the lawn equipment stores have weedeater cable grease that's the white lithium variety and kinda sticky. Clean as much of the old grease off with diesel or parts cleaner. Put some grease in the housing, feed in some cable, work the cable back & forth, repeat... Quote
falconvan Posted December 24, 2011 Author Report Posted December 24, 2011 Cool, thanks. I was hoping my gauge wasn't boogered up. Those speedometer repair shops usually get a nice piece of change for even a small repair. Quote
Rusty O'Toole Posted December 24, 2011 Report Posted December 24, 2011 You can buy speedo cable grease at any parts store. A small tube will do several cars. Detach the cable at the transmission and pull out the inner cable. Wipe it clean and grease with fresh grease, do not grease the top 6" or 1 foot. You do not want the grease to work its way into the speedo. Put the inner back in, you may have to spin it with your fingers to get the upper end to go in the speedo. Put the end back on the transmission. Should be done every 10 or 20 years. If the cable is kinked or rusted it will probably need to be replaced. But as long as it works smoothly it's OK. Quote
1941Rick Posted December 24, 2011 Report Posted December 24, 2011 Check your gauge where the speedo cable goes in, there might be a clip that you move and there is a hole that you put some lube into...sure cured my 41 Quote
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