More or less yes. Like this: tick..tick.....tick..tick.....tick..tick.....tick..tickchitwnvw wrote:What about the plastic gear in the speedo? Is it a steady tick tick? Or does it happen like once a mile?
Noisy speedo
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Re: Noisy speedo
1972 Westy tintop
2056cc T-4 - 7.8:1 CR
Weber 40mm Duals - 47.5idles, 125mains, F11 tubes, 190 Air corr., 28mm Vents
96mm AA Biral P/C's w/Hastings rings
42x36mm Heads (AMC- Headflow Masters) w/Porsche swivel adjusters
71mm Stroke
Web Cam 73 w/matched Web lifters
S&S 4-1 exhaust w/Walker 17862 quiet-pack
Pertronix SVDA w/Pertronix module & Flamethrower 40K coil (7* initial 28* total @3200+)
NGK BP6ET plugs
002 3 rib trans
Hankook 185R14's
2056cc T-4 - 7.8:1 CR
Weber 40mm Duals - 47.5idles, 125mains, F11 tubes, 190 Air corr., 28mm Vents
96mm AA Biral P/C's w/Hastings rings
42x36mm Heads (AMC- Headflow Masters) w/Porsche swivel adjusters
71mm Stroke
Web Cam 73 w/matched Web lifters
S&S 4-1 exhaust w/Walker 17862 quiet-pack
Pertronix SVDA w/Pertronix module & Flamethrower 40K coil (7* initial 28* total @3200+)
NGK BP6ET plugs
002 3 rib trans
Hankook 185R14's
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Re: Noisy speedo
Update:
I removed the instrument panel and proceeded to open up the speedo. After opening and verifying nothing was broke. I used some very light oil on some of the nylon gears and wiped away any excess with a Q-tip. I then attempted to get the light oil into the back where the cable hooks by placing a drop and spinning it back/forth (several times. As for the cable itself I used some Teflon spray I have. Comes in a can with a shaker ball. Used this stuff in the service as well around radiation equipment and liquid oxygen devices/bottles.
No more speedo noise
I removed the instrument panel and proceeded to open up the speedo. After opening and verifying nothing was broke. I used some very light oil on some of the nylon gears and wiped away any excess with a Q-tip. I then attempted to get the light oil into the back where the cable hooks by placing a drop and spinning it back/forth (several times. As for the cable itself I used some Teflon spray I have. Comes in a can with a shaker ball. Used this stuff in the service as well around radiation equipment and liquid oxygen devices/bottles.
No more speedo noise
1972 Westy tintop
2056cc T-4 - 7.8:1 CR
Weber 40mm Duals - 47.5idles, 125mains, F11 tubes, 190 Air corr., 28mm Vents
96mm AA Biral P/C's w/Hastings rings
42x36mm Heads (AMC- Headflow Masters) w/Porsche swivel adjusters
71mm Stroke
Web Cam 73 w/matched Web lifters
S&S 4-1 exhaust w/Walker 17862 quiet-pack
Pertronix SVDA w/Pertronix module & Flamethrower 40K coil (7* initial 28* total @3200+)
NGK BP6ET plugs
002 3 rib trans
Hankook 185R14's
2056cc T-4 - 7.8:1 CR
Weber 40mm Duals - 47.5idles, 125mains, F11 tubes, 190 Air corr., 28mm Vents
96mm AA Biral P/C's w/Hastings rings
42x36mm Heads (AMC- Headflow Masters) w/Porsche swivel adjusters
71mm Stroke
Web Cam 73 w/matched Web lifters
S&S 4-1 exhaust w/Walker 17862 quiet-pack
Pertronix SVDA w/Pertronix module & Flamethrower 40K coil (7* initial 28* total @3200+)
NGK BP6ET plugs
002 3 rib trans
Hankook 185R14's
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Re: Noisy speedo
You have graduated from journeyman fixer 2nd class to Master Mechanic 4th class, now what the hell you using oil on plastic gears? Use light plastic protective *garage door gearbox grease* or even your own wiper motor gearbox has factory plastic gear grease. Typical oils are petroleum products like the plastic gears themselves, WD-40 is especially bad at killing plastic.72Hardtop wrote:Update:
I removed the instrument panel and proceeded to open up the speedo. After opening and verifying nothing was broke. I used some very light oil on some of the nylon gears and wiped away any excess with a Q-tip. I then attempted to get the light oil into the back where the cable hooks by placing a drop and spinning it back/forth (several times. As for the cable itself I used some Teflon spray I have. Comes in a can with a shaker ball. Used this stuff in the service as well around radiation equipment and liquid oxygen devices/bottles.
No more speedo noise
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