Bouncing Speedometer?
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alvald83
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Bouncing Speedometer?
I have a bouncing speedometer that is driving me crazy! Is this a lubrication thing?
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Re: Bouncing Speedometer?
Do i just add some type of lubricant into the speedo cable at the gauge cluster?
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Re: Bouncing Speedometer?
Remove the cable from the truck. Run some penetrating oil through the sleeve and clean out as much grime as you can. Then re-install the cable after cleaning and lubricating it. FME once the bouncing starts, the cable doesn't last much longer. Others may have had better luck. If the cable is damaged, you can get a replacement at the local auto parts store. I believe I paid around $8.00 at napa for the last one I bought.
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alvald83
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Re: Bouncing Speedometer?
good idea.
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70_F100
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Re: Bouncing Speedometer?
What transmission do you have?
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.--Plato
Why is it that there's seldom time to fix it right the first time, but there's always time to fix it right the second time???
That's not an oil leak
That's SWEAT from all that HORSEPOWER!! 
Why is it that there's seldom time to fix it right the first time, but there's always time to fix it right the second time???
That's not an oil leak
That's SWEAT from all that HORSEPOWER!! -
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Re: Bouncing Speedometer?
I have a C6
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Re: Bouncing Speedometer?
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Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.--Plato
Why is it that there's seldom time to fix it right the first time, but there's always time to fix it right the second time???
That's not an oil leak That's SWEAT from all that HORSEPOWER!!
Why is it that there's seldom time to fix it right the first time, but there's always time to fix it right the second time???
That's not an oil leak
That's SWEAT from all that HORSEPOWER!! -
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Re: Bouncing Speedometer?
I was always told never put any kind of liquid anything into the speedometer cable, to only use graphite...
I likes My FE I does...
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Re: Bouncing Speedometer?
fordamericana wrote:I was always told never put any kind of liquid anything into the speedometer cable, to only use graphite...
That's what I have been told also.
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70_F100
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Re: Bouncing Speedometer?
I've used Lubriplate 105 for the last 40 years or so, and most of that was on heavy-duty trucks that go millions of miles.
It's always worked fantastic for me in the past, and I still continue to use it.
Pull the core out of the housing and grease it up well as you reinsert it.
It's always worked fantastic for me in the past, and I still continue to use it.
Pull the core out of the housing and grease it up well as you reinsert it.
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.--Plato
Why is it that there's seldom time to fix it right the first time, but there's always time to fix it right the second time???
That's not an oil leak That's SWEAT from all that HORSEPOWER!!
Why is it that there's seldom time to fix it right the first time, but there's always time to fix it right the second time???
That's not an oil leak
That's SWEAT from all that HORSEPOWER!! -
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Re: Bouncing Speedometer?
it is I thinck a nonsense to poor graphic in something allready dusty or rusty ,it fills more object in it.WD 40 or locks lubricant which are not too greasy must do
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Re: Bouncing Speedometer?
Buy DC speedocable for $20 and your finish with problem. My came fully lubed, I added some just to be sure. I had bought one from LMC, a piece of crap, broke after only a few miles, changed inner cable, added lube and it still bounced like crazy.
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Re: Bouncing Speedometer?
I bought a DC cable for mine when I did the tranny swap, and it had no lube on the core at all...cajuncannon03 wrote:Buy DC speedocable for $20 and your finish with problem. My came fully lubed, I added some just to be sure. I had bought one from LMC, a piece of crap, broke after only a few miles, changed inner cable, added lube and it still bounced like crazy.
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.--Plato
Why is it that there's seldom time to fix it right the first time, but there's always time to fix it right the second time???
That's not an oil leak That's SWEAT from all that HORSEPOWER!!
Why is it that there's seldom time to fix it right the first time, but there's always time to fix it right the second time???
That's not an oil leak
That's SWEAT from all that HORSEPOWER!! -
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Re: Bouncing Speedometer?
from what i have been told. the new cables originally didnt have any grease in them. because the grease over the years could get hard and make the speedo cable freeze up. graphite is a dry slick power that lubes without a liquid to get hard and freeze up is why it is used . if you have dust and rust inside of the cable grease may work for awhile.