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Squeaky Speedo
Purple Martin - June 4th, 2005 at 02:25 PM

My bug's speedo squeaks in cold weather! It's a rythmical squeak that gets faster as the car goes faster, and I can see the needle wobbling slightly in time with the squeak. What is the best way to fix the squeak?

helbus - June 4th, 2005 at 10:46 PM

Unscrew the cable from the back of the speedo and put some light oil like sewing machine oil down there.

Lubrication should help the cable to loosen up.

silver - June 4th, 2005 at 11:28 PM

this should help

http://www.100megsfree4.com/ezcamper/vwspeedo.html 

[Edited on 4-6-2005 by silver]

Purple Martin - June 5th, 2005 at 09:35 AM

silver - thanks, that's great!

Purple Martin - June 6th, 2005 at 01:19 PM

Well today it stopped working completely... moving it up on the list of things to overhaul :mad:

pete wood - June 6th, 2005 at 06:33 PM

don worry, you don need no speedo :cool:

Lams - June 6th, 2005 at 06:58 PM

does it work when you give it a tap?

don't worry, it'll come back in a few days. mine did

VWCOOL - June 6th, 2005 at 10:13 PM

Probably the cable broken, not the speedo...

Purple Martin - June 7th, 2005 at 08:36 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Lams
does it work when you give it a tap?

Nope!

I'll have a proper look at it over the weekend (if I can find the time)

Bizarre - June 7th, 2005 at 08:43 AM

is it still connected at the wheel hub??