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geezer
07-03-2011, 11:55 AM
its been going on receintly, you have to pay attention to notice it but its defenely starting to wiggle a bit. im gonna pull the cable and lube it but i wanted to know if the speedo was cleanable? anyone ever took one apart? done it to my 83 maxim once and it workd
Water Warrior 2
07-03-2011, 05:57 PM
Sounds like the inner cable is starting to bind a bit. The only time I had a speedo needle bounce I lubed it with chain lube. Work great.
geezer
07-03-2011, 06:20 PM
good news ill get r done
Water Warrior 2
07-04-2011, 01:19 AM
You might want to use Du Pont with Teflon. it is a great chain lube and works well on almost every part of a bike that needs lube.
geezer
07-16-2011, 12:09 PM
thanks for your advice today i got some of the teflon lube and got the job done, no more needle jiggle :)
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