Hi Alistair,

Thanks. Yes, new dustcap with the cable install. I pulled the cap yesterday and ran the cable with a drill, and still have the bounce. I lubed the cable well with 3-in-1 oil on install (it was quite difficult to turn by hand). I adjusted the cable to minimize it, but still there. I heard from FAS where my conversion was done that they have had a lot of cable issues with Gemo over the last year, and had to replace a bunch. Apparently that's been resolved, but I don't want to dump another $50, delivered, only to get another old-stock cable with the same issues.

Keith Hughes
'86 Westy GenV (Marvin)
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On Wed, 7/12/17, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

 Subject: Re: Speedometer Cable
 To: "Keith Hughes" <keithahughes@YAHOO.COM>
 Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
 Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 8:13 AM

 Keith,

 It's been a while since I've worked
 with 2wd cable, but seeing as no one else has chimed in,
 I'll take a stab.

 Is
 the square hole in the cap on the hub, where the cable end
 goes thru, in good shape? I mean is it square to match the
 cable end? And the little circlip on the cable end in place?

 Alistair

 > On Jul 11, 2017, at
 6:45 PM, Keith Hughes <keithahughes@YAHOO.COM>
 wrote:
 >
 > To all you
 folks that have struggled with the bouncy speedo needle, has
 anyone found a reliably good replacement cable? I replaced
 mine with a Van-Cafe version early this year (Gemo brand)
 and it reduced the bouncing but still there. Just installed
 a rebuilt speedo head from GoWesty, and have the same
 bouncing problems (causing my cruise control to be glitchy).
 I've done all of the tweaking and adjusting I can to
 little avail. I've seen good reviews of cables from most
 of the usual suspect vendors, and bad reviews from most as
 well. Seems a lot of QC issues with most, apparently.
 >
 > What say you list
 gurus? Anyone with a tried and true, used to bounce like
 kangaroo on meth but now stable as a glacier, replacement
 suggestions?
 >
 >
 Keith Hughes
 > '86 Westy GenV
 (Marvin)