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Unsteady speedometer needle.
Posted: Sun 17. Sep 2000, 10:42
by Allan Atherton
The speedometer needles are not steady on two of my old bikes - the needles wiggle a little at speeds under 30 mph. Is this caused by the speedometer or the cable?
Re: Unsteady speedometer needle.
Posted: Mon 18. Sep 2000, 20:34
by Allan Atherton
Palo Alto Speedo says it could be due to either the cable or the speedo. They said try changing the cable first.
Re: Unsteady speedometer needle.
Posted: Tue 19. Sep 2000, 22:43
by Pierre Michaud
Could also be a worn speedometer drive shaft!
Re: Unsteady speedometer needle.
Posted: Wed 20. Sep 2000, 07:06
by rolf
halo,
it could also be a dry(hard) running cable.
I oil my cables nearly every 6 months by unsrew the cable at the speedo, fill several times the cable with oil and let the oil flow.Next day screw it together, so you are sure no oil was throwing into the speedo.
nevertheless: i do not know any speedoneedle which runs quiet,they always shows a range of 5-10 km/h. Try with the oil first, it is cheaper.
rolf
Re: Unsteady speedometer needle (results)
Posted: Fri 22. Sep 2000, 00:50
by Allan Atherton
I installed new speedo cables on both bikes:
R60/2 - the speedo had been restored, but the needle was unsteady. The cable was a new German repro cable. I removed that cable and installed a good cable as sold by Huggett.
The Huggett cable made the needle steady.
R690US - the speedo and the cable were both original from 1969. A new Huggett cable did not make the needle steady. So that speedometer needs some work.