Speedo cable replacement ?s

[Triothreetrio]

Hi the bounce is now special 10-50 bouncing needle means 30 so time for a new cable two ?
Do you need to jack it up because my drive a quite a slop (very handy for bleeding coolant system) and its
full high so getting under its not a problem rather not do it in the road
In the Hayes manual it says use rubber sealer on the rubber boot could this be a little bit of silicone
Plus any hints and tips
Cheers

[davethebus]

You shouldn't have to jack the vehicle up, there's plenty of room.
Remove the front upper grille- remove the top cover on the instrument display- detatch cable from speedo head- from the front of the vehicle it is easier to get the rubber boot out of the front panel- follow the route of the cable and you will find a couple of eye brackets with 10mm bolts holding them in postion, these are usually rusted up and snap on removal, electricians use a similar eye bracket to affix cables and these are readily available from hardware stores like b&q- once all the fixings are removed remove the passenger hubcap and speedo cable clip- pull the cable through its feed hole.
I find it easier to refit the cable without the grease cap in place and yes you can use silicon but make sure it's a nice and flexible sealant.

And that's about it, sorry for the haynes manual type description, I got a little carried away.

[Triothreetrio]

Brilliant thanks
Hayes said to jack it up and I was thinking why and never mention to remove the grill now if you could arrange for the rain to go away I would could get on with it lol
Cheers

[davethebus]

I'll see what I can do. Oh and it helps to put the steering in left hand lock

[g60steve]

Before fitting a new cable make sure the end of the cable is secure in the grease cap(nearside wheel)and more to the point that the opening is still square.

If the opening is worn the cable tends to catch every so often,giving you the jumping needle syndrome.

[Triothreetrio]

Just to update I took the clip out and remove cable from hub undone the clip that holds the cable pull old
Cable though dash and being clever even put a draw cord in pull new cable though fitted to hub put e clip back done up clamp put a couple of zip ties in put spare wheel back just as I was thinking this is go well got out from underneath and them hmmm what's the speedo end of the cable doing by rad pull it no slack check underneath seems fine so I remove it and it's about a foot shorter must be lhd one arghhh almost finished then back to nothing

[g60steve]

Just to update I took the clip out and remove cable from hub undone the clip that holds the cable pull old
Cable though dash and being clever even put a draw cord in pull new cable though fitted to hub put e clip back done up clamp put a couple of zip ties in put spare wheel back just as I was thinking this is go well got out from underneath and them hmmm what's the speedo end of the cable doing by rad pull it no slack check underneath seems fine so I remove it and it's about a foot shorter must be lhd one arghhh almost finished then back to nothing

You must have massive lungs!

I stopped reading after the first line and no doubt everyone else did!!!


Full stops and commas are free...........

[davethebus]

Lol, yes that is a huge sentence and an even bigger piece of bad luck.