Speedomter cable oiling
I know this has been covered many times but I couldnt find the answer to my question.
I tried to oil my speedo cable yesterday but could not figure out how to get oil into the cable. Its got a plastic end that connects the cable to the guage cluster and I dont know how to either take that off or somehow get oil into the cable. Anyone thats oiled one of these please help! 91 4Runner 3.0 4x4 |
I tried to oil mine, it worked for about 3 weeks, and got noisy again. I couldnt really get oil past the fittings, but I figured out the way to do it after I paid someone to build a new one.
You need to make a grease gun fitting that uses either end of the cable's fittings. A little creative plumbing should do it. |
Im not following you. I couldnt see any way to get any oil/grease past the end of the cable.
You just fill up the connector and let it go down into the cable??? |
did one today.. unscrew cable housing from the transfer box (gear box ), now pull inner cable out, fill cable housing using an oil can & reassemble
( it is not nessary to remove guage cluster, cause the inner cable can only be remove from bottom end ) raj |
A lot of them will not allow you to remove the cable from the sheath. I like the idea of filling one end up and letting it drain down in. I hadnt tried that.
I was thinking that you could get a threaded pipe fitting that would match the tranny side of the cable and use other fittings with a grease zerk as a final connector. Then, you could pump grease into the sheath past the irritating ring that prevents removing the cable and squirting litium grease into the tube. The only thing I could get int the sheath was graphite, and not enough to help. |
someone correct me if im wrong but arnt you suposed to use graphite to lube your spedo cable?
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Take a look on the end of the cable that attaches to the cluster. There's a rubber bushing inside that you can pry out that will free up a good deal of space to squirt/squeeze some sort of lube in there. I used white grease on a hot day and then drove it for a few miles after hooking it back up. No more noise, no more bounce.
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Thanks for the advice everyone. Im gonna try again this weekend. Hopefully this time it'll work.
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There is stuff out there called "Dryslide" it is commonly used to lube clutch cables on motorcycles. It works really well.
Hope this helps, Jon |
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