| Author | Message | ||
     Lake_bueller |
I'm having a problem with my speedometer cable (again). 3 weeks ago I had to replace my speedo cable for the third time. The first 2x were early in milage (under 100 miles). There was no good explaination for those failures. Just "broken cables". The last cable was corroded from lack of lubrication and cracked housing causing it to rust. I installed a new cable which broke within 20 miles of installation. It was a fairly clean brake at the point were the metal housing (that attaches to speedo) and plactic housing are joined. That is the same place the first two cables broke. Has anyone had a similar problem? Is there a solution? Frustrated in Wisconsin, Mennis | ||
| Spiderman |
You might wanna check the gear drive on the wheel. I seen a couple people go through cables like that and it ended up being the drive unit. | ||
| Lake_bueller |
Spidey, Forgive my ignorance but how would a bad gear drive cause a brake in the same location more than once? | ||
| Spiderman |
Hmm didn't realize where you were talkin bout till I re-read it sorry. I would check the drive input at the speedo and the out put of the drive gear at the wheel just to be safe. | ||
| Lake_bueller |
Other than giving the wheel a good spin while on the stand,, what other methods can I used to determine if the input or output are bad. So far, H-D has been generous in saying that it was a faulty part. I doubt they'll replace it another time if it's installed by me. | ||
| Spiderman |
Got me I would just replace everything an be done with it  | ||
| Mikej |
Remove the cable from the bike and turn the cable inside the housing/sheath by hand to feel for any resistance, then give it a good lube job. Put one end of the cable into the speedo, snug down the screwcap, and turn the cable by hand to feel for any resistance. Remove the cable end from the speedo and put the other cable end into the wheel pocket, raise the front of the bike, and gently start to rotate the tire/wheel assy around watching for any funny movement in the free end of the cable assy. Sometimes there is no easy way apart from a simple step-by-step reassembly and check. If you still have a clean end off of one of the previous cable you could try just plugging the cable without the shell into the speedo and see if the speedo turns freely. One thing to maybe check for is to see if any end bits from a previous cable are still stuffed deep into the pocket and are somehow binding things up. | ||
| S320002 |
Make sure the cable is routed with the minimum number of bends required to get it where it has to go. The speedo cable on my S3 broke after a well meaning tech added an extra bend to "tuck it out of the way more". I replaced it myself and haven't had any problems since. |
