Great pictures Neil!

That's a lot more than I ever want to get into the speedo.

So if I just want to add some "lube" without the dismantling you did, where should I start? I willing to at least take the speedo assembly out of the instrument pod.

Is Tri-Flow okay or should I get some Super Lube?  I have some gun oil too. I don't want to degrade the plastic parts.

Thanks.

-Dick-

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Neil N
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2015 9:13 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Noisy speedo

One of the speedometers I opened up and lubed now consistently sticks at 0 until I reach about 20 MPH.
The cable may not be the cause. The cause is most likely a misalignment between the magnetic wheel and pick up wheel.

With the intention of providing room to apply lube where the shaft passes through a metal part, I pressed the magnetic wheel off a little.
NO need to do this. Doing so bent that metal part a little which caused a slight misalignment between magnetic wheel and pickup.

The OEM lube I saw was likely dried out somewhat but it looked and felt relatively thick. I mixed up a solution of hi temp grease with some kind of penetrating fluid. I used mineral oil at other points (related to needle and pickup cup)

Here's a bunch of pics on two speedometers I opened up

https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/1985VanagonTransporterSpeedometerGuts
https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/1982Or83DieselSpeedometerClipOnCableType

On 12/28/15, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

> For your sticking needle most likely someone used the wrong oil and it 
> is just gummed up. Some "clock" oil on the needle movement would 
> probably take care of that. Use of a GPS can take care of that need 
> and may be much accurate than that speedometer anyway. If you do send 
> it out for repair inquire about getting it calibrated for the tire size you are using.

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Neil n

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