Had a tiny bit of noise from speedo at low speed for a while, last week above about 40 it suddenly started making a loud noise,( like a bearing gone or something thats spinning resonating but pitch pretty consistant) this continued as I drove up the motorway for 30 mins then suddenly stopped again not to he heard for the rest of the day ( over an hour on motorway)
Today same happened, stopped after half hour but started again 5 mins later, slowed at a junction it stopped not to return when I sped up.
Had the speedo out last night and spun up with batt drill and could not hear it. oiled speedo cable a bit.
Speedo cable has broken plastic shroud so I'm going to swap it but if its speedo then it's got to be the gearbox I'd say. Odometer turns too slowly to make this noise.
Can these be serviced or is it a second hand replacement?
thanks
Noisy speedo.
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Re: Noisy speedo.
Think I remember ghost123 having some good pictures of the inner workings?itchyfeet wrote:Had a tiny bit of noise from speedo at low speed for a while, last week above about 40 it suddenly started making a loud noise,( like a bearing gone or something thats spinning resonating but pitch pretty consistant) this continued as I drove up the motorway for 30 mins then suddenly stopped again not to he heard for the rest of the day ( over an hour on motorway)
Today same happened, stopped after half hour but started again 5 mins later, slowed at a junction it stopped not to return when I sped up.
Had the speedo out last night and spun up with batt drill and could not hear it. oiled speedo cable a bit.
Speedo cable has broken plastic shroud so I'm going to swap it but if its speedo then it's got to be the gearbox I'd say. Odometer turns too slowly to make this noise.
Can these be serviced or is it a second hand replacement?
thanks
Might be worth lubing the little cogs and worm gear and trying again though..?
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Re: Noisy speedo.
itchyfeet wrote: Speedo cable has broken plastic shroud so I'm going to swap it but if its speedo then it's got to be the gearbox I'd say. Odometer turns too slowly to make this noise.
thanks
speedo cogs? ......obviously the van gearbox has nothing to do with a 2wd speedo as its driven from the front wheel.....
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Re: Noisy speedo.
Sorry I mean gearbox within the speedo, the silver thing at the back of the unit where the cable enters.
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Re: Noisy speedo.
If the cable has a broken plastic shroud, the cable end will not sit tightly and you will get noise from it. Replacement of the cable should hopefully fix the problem.
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Re: Noisy speedo.
Ralf85 wrote:If the cable has a broken plastic shroud, the cable end will not sit tightly and you will get noise from it. Replacement of the cable should hopefully fix the problem.
been like this for 10 years and 40,000 miles, its been splinted
I wiil change it first.
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35 miles home and not a peep, seems to happen cold.
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Re: Noisy speedo.
didn't happen today either but changed the cable and we will see.
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