This is the same problem mine is having... I haven't tried the graphite yet
- put a little lithium greese in there and it made things a little better...

At 12:09 AM 08/08/2000 -0500, k1cajun wrote:
>Lawrence Johnson wrote:
>> Get some liquid graphite cable lubricant from your FLAPS (aka Canadian
>> Tire). Disconnect the speedometer cable at the back of the speedometer. Add
>> drop by drop to the cable end. Be very careful not to spill any (remember
>> carbon is a good electrical conductor). Put it all back together. After a
>> few hundred km, if the whine is still with you, add some more liquid
>> graphite. Twice should be plenty.
>
>My speedo also growls, but it has nothing to do with temperature.  It
>does it more as the speed decreases.  In addition to the sound, the
>needle fluctuates.  Both the sound and the fluctuation slow down as the
>speed increases.  Does this also sound like the cable problem calling
>for the graphite ?
>
>

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