Certainly the Gemo I have in there was very tight, but whether that is a good thing - preventing lateral flexing and chatter - or whether it causes binding and torsional stresses that cause chatter...I dunno. I'm not really surprised that a part that wholesales for ~ $10-15, in relatively small production runs, would have QC issues with lots here and there. Not like we don't see that with many other aftermarket only van parts (window regulators anyone?).

I'm not diss'ing Van-Cafe either, but I got this one from them, and I don't know if every one they have is from the same lot or not. So it's a crapshoot. Just hoping someone had had good, recent, luck with a particular brand/supplier. Ah well, thanks anyway!

 Keith Hughes
 '86 Westy GenV (Marvin)
--------------------------------------------
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, 9:02 AM

 I should have known that you be
 on top of things Keith. It's interesting that there are
 bum cables for sale. Do you get the impression that the
 cable liner is tight to the cable or maybe even scarred or
 torn somewhere in the run? Or even a manufacturing defect,
 little kink made in the cable before it's inserted in
 housing. That would be a big oversight at the factory.

 Getting lube down a cable
 housing is a pain if you can't use one of those cable
 lubing attachments. It's tempting to think that more
 lube is the answer.

 Anyway,
 I'm out of suggestions :-)

 Alistair

 > On Jul 12, 2017, at 8:32 AM, Keith Hughes
 <keithahughes@yahoo.com>
 wrote:
 >
 > 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)
 >
 --------------------------------------------
 > 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)
 >