After tranny changed, the speedo bounces(VIDEO)

ericem · Post by **ericem** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 1:04 am

OK, dont know where i should post this, but a while back, my tranny was either fixed, or replaced, but after the guy did the work, my speedo started bouncing, only at low speeds though, here look!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kNeFT2VLWk

entirelyturbo · Post by **entirelyturbo** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 1:37 am

He might have goofed something up when reconnecting the speedo cable.

Honestly, my car has done this for quite a few years and a few tens of thousands of miles, without anything weird happening.

Still, get on your mechanic's ass about it. That's his poor workmanship, not the age of the car.

Subaru_Nation555 · Post by **Subaru_Nation555** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 3:14 am

Yeah get the mechanic to make it right. That would drive me absolutely nuts to look at.

ericem · Post by **ericem** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 3:52 am

IT DOES, lol, i swear, i go crazy having to look at it.

HobbyWrench · Post by **HobbyWrench** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 2:43 pm

ericem,

You may consider pulling the speedometer cable and lubing it with lithium grease.

I periodically have the same problem at low speeds - particularly when the cable needs relubing and/or it is very cold out. It would make sense that additional friction at these slow revolutions would cause the reading to fluctuate.

Good luck.

Mike

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IronMonkeyL255 · Post by **IronMonkeyL255** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:18 pm

Mine has pretty much always done it. I tried lubing the speedo cable with graphite lubricant, but it didn't seem to help much.......

ericem · Post by **ericem** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 1:20 am

waaah!! so, why could this happen after the tranny change? i heard there is a lube gun attachment, that gets the grease way in there.

ericem · Post by **ericem** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 3:30 am

Just a update, i played with the cable, and now its not to bouncy, its much better. But ill try pulling tthe cable see what happens.

BSOD2600 · Post by **BSOD2600** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:42 am

Mines always bounced like that too since I got the car this summer. Should fix it one of these days...

ericem · Post by **ericem** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:06 pm

So, i guess im not the only one with this problem, but im gona go to that tranny shop, they messed with it, then it started doing this.

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After tranny changed, the speedo bounces(VIDEO)

After tranny changed, the speedo bounces(VIDEO)