Re: Speedo cable help needed
Posted by HH56 On 2012/6/23 11:59:51
Can't help on the cluster removal -- been too long. Would wonder about the condition of wires and how they will react if you start disturbing them though.
In addition to the cleaner, suggest at a minimum a drop or two of oil in the oil hole. Yours may be in a different location or partially hidden but there is a felt wick to the bearing somewhere. Better yet, remove and clean inside then lube. This speedo is from a 47 and the gear train inside was full of dried grease which was causing a bind. Would halfway expect yours might be in almost similar shape.
As to cable, no real suggestion other than wacky ones. Maybe hanging the cable vertically with OD end up and turning in the direction needed to see if you can wind the strand back up and also let gravity help get cable down. Possibly take it to some grass and make like a whip to see if the cable would come out with centrifugal force. Don't believe that OD end can be taken apart but could be wrong. Once it's out then a new inner cable. Believe most cables are unidirectional -- even with both ends attached.
Here is a photo of the 47 end which I think is the same as yours. Length is about 1/2 inch extended when fully seated in OD end.
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In addition to the cleaner, suggest at a minimum a drop or two of oil in the oil hole. Yours may be in a different location or partially hidden but there is a felt wick to the bearing somewhere. Better yet, remove and clean inside then lube. This speedo is from a 47 and the gear train inside was full of dried grease which was causing a bind. Would halfway expect yours might be in almost similar shape.
As to cable, no real suggestion other than wacky ones. Maybe hanging the cable vertically with OD end up and turning in the direction needed to see if you can wind the strand back up and also let gravity help get cable down. Possibly take it to some grass and make like a whip to see if the cable would come out with centrifugal force. Don't believe that OD end can be taken apart but could be wrong. Once it's out then a new inner cable. Believe most cables are unidirectional -- even with both ends attached.
Here is a photo of the 47 end which I think is the same as yours. Length is about 1/2 inch extended when fully seated in OD end.
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