speedo needle shaky

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

07-03-2011, 11:55 AM	#1
geezer Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: dahlonega GA Posts: 563	speedo needle shaky 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 __________________ 99 gz 250 and a currently dismantled fzr 1000 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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07-03-2011, 05:57 PM	#2
Water Warrior 2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Squamish B.C Canada Posts: 11,409	Re: speedo needle shaky 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.
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07-03-2011, 06:20 PM	#3
geezer Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: dahlonega GA Posts: 563	Re: speedo needle shaky good news ill get r done __________________ 99 gz 250 and a currently dismantled fzr 1000 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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07-04-2011, 01:19 AM	#4
Water Warrior 2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Squamish B.C Canada Posts: 11,409	Re: speedo needle shaky 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.
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07-16-2011, 12:09 PM	#5
geezer Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: dahlonega GA Posts: 563	Re: speedo needle shaky thanks for your advice today i got some of the teflon lube and got the job done, no more needle jiggle __________________ 99 gz 250 and a currently dismantled fzr 1000 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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