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Old Jan 3, 2026 | 03:25 PM
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Speedometer Issues

Hi everyone

Since I've had my truck the speedometer has never worked. We've replaced the speedometer cable (original one was snapped in half anyways), the gear that goes on the cable, and finally the speedometer/odometer itself. Going for a drive today, it started off not moving at all - but the odometer was working. Eventually it started bouncing around a little, and then it started to go from about 5-20 pretty reliably, but not really past that. Does it just need to align itself somehow?
 
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Old Jan 3, 2026 | 04:28 PM
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Have you checked the gear in the transmission?

Did you lube the cable when you installed the new one? Or did you replace the outer shield and cable as an assembly?
 
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