Speedometer Needle Bouncing?
#1
02-13-2019, 10:16 PM
Speedometer Needle Bouncing?
What would cause the needle in the speedometer to bounce? It will not stay in one place at all. At noraml speed, it bounces from 20 to 50. Many times when I am driving a steady speed and then speed up, the needle actually goes down.
Do I need to buy a whole new speedometer?
Do I need to buy a whole new speedometer?
#2
02-13-2019, 10:26 PM
Disconnect the cable at the speedometer head and pull the innards out a few feet at least and clean the crud off, and shoot some fresh lube in there. Graphite in kerosene is what was listed in the manuals and in those lube tubes they sell at the hardware store. Don't spill any. I don't know why they get wonky that way but I've fixed a couple different speedos doing this. Worth trying before anything drastic anyways.
#4
02-14-2019, 12:26 PM
Disconnect the cable at the speedometer head and pull the innards out a few feet at least and clean the crud off, and shoot some fresh lube in there. Graphite in kerosene is what was listed in the manuals and in those lube tubes they sell at the hardware store. Don't spill any. I don't know why they get wonky that way but I've fixed a couple different speedos doing this. Worth trying before anything drastic anyways.
#5
02-14-2019, 12:26 PM
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02-17-2019, 05:54 PM
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#9
02-17-2019, 07:47 PM
Oh, you're funny!
You know.....I worked on the truck yesterday for about 3 hours before my wife got home from work and wanted to go out and eat.
Then today, I worked on it pretty much solid from around 10 this morning until about 4, and it's in more pieces now than it was when I started. Seems like everything I want to do to it, needs to wait until I do something else first. Or...until I buy something else.
You know.....I worked on the truck yesterday for about 3 hours before my wife got home from work and wanted to go out and eat.
Then today, I worked on it pretty much solid from around 10 this morning until about 4, and it's in more pieces now than it was when I started. Seems like everything I want to do to it, needs to wait until I do something else first. Or...until I buy something else.
#10
02-17-2019, 08:11 PM
Oh, you're funny!
Then today, I worked on it pretty much solid from around 10 this morning until about 4, and it's in more pieces now than it was when I started. Seems like everything I want to do to it, needs to wait until I do something else first. Or...until I buy something else.
Then today, I worked on it pretty much solid from around 10 this morning until about 4, and it's in more pieces now than it was when I started. Seems like everything I want to do to it, needs to wait until I do something else first. Or...until I buy something else.
#12
02-27-2019, 03:44 PM
Hotshot
When you put the cable core back in you may have to disconnect the cable housing from the tranny . To get the core back in the speedo gear. I suggest also inspecting the cable housing under the truck and make sure the core has not worn through it. Especially on any bends in the cable housing. In the past people used to just put up with the speedo bouncing. What it was trying to tell them is the core needed lube. Eventually the core would start cutting in to the cable housing from the inside out. At this point, lube will not work out. The lubed cable will still bind and release where the housing has been cut in to. A new assembly has to be installed.
#13
02-27-2019, 07:33 PM
When you put the cable core back in you may have to disconnect the cable housing from the tranny . To get the core back in the speedo gear. I suggest also inspecting the cable housing under the truck and make sure the core has not worn through it. Especially on any bends in the cable housing. In the past people used to just put up with the speedo bouncing. What it was trying to tell them is the core needed lube. Eventually the core would start cutting in to the cable housing from the inside out. At this point, lube will not work out. The lubed cable will still bind and release where the housing has been cut in to. A new assembly has to be installed.
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03-01-2019, 09:38 PM
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