So, it's starting. The speedo needle on my 82 1100 starts to bounce between 50 and 60 after riding awhile. Time for a replacement gauge?
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Speedometer needle bounce
- Thread starter Alan Schlosser
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I think they get dirt in them and start to bounce. A few people have opened up either speedo or tach and cleaned them out spraying with various lubricants. One promising one was furniture polish I think.
I'm thinking if I open mine I will try and cover up the mechanism from dirt with some shrink tubing before putting the cover back on.
My tach did that a while ago and finally snapped.. a new cable solved the problem..they get grungy and hang up in the housings..could try taking the core out and cleaning it all very well..
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DPage
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It's probably just the speedo cable. Spend $15 on a new cable before you do anything else. Or even cheaper, try some motor oil or cable lube on the inner cable of the one you own already.
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mighty13d
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new cables didn't take care of it on mine. I just said screw it.
how about the drive gears at the engine?? could be a source of some impingment down there too.
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JTsGS650
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Ditto that. I've read that you can also remove the gauge from it's bracket and spray some sort of lube into the gauge to lube the internal gears. I would try some sort of dry lube so as not to attract more dirt.
