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Odd noise

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What sort of noise would the speedocable make if it were about to go south?
This a.m. as I was motoring home I had heard an odd noise from the front end, I thought. So, to test this out I shifted into netural and shut down the engine. It was a whir sort of noise and sounded sort of like a zipper.
Any thoughts about what this might have been? The bike is real quiet without the engine running:p.
Bill
 
The speedometer needs to be lubed. Not the cable, the speedo itself. Turn it upside down, shoot some grease in between the inner thing that spins with the cable, and the housing that the outer cable threads onto. Spray can white lithium grease or something that will get down in there.
 
I pulled my instruments off today, turned the tacho upside down on the bench and ran light oil as TOM says in between the center thingo and the outer housing and spun it with my reversible drill to work it in and now it is as smooth as ever. It was acting slow before.
 
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