speedo By skikman (Read 683 times)

[skikman]

hi folks.i have a chinese scooter and the speedo is not woking.the cable is ok and the clock seems to work as i put a speedo drive on[that looked the same]of a honda cg125 and it was reading i was doing 75mph.i think thats because of the wheel size.anyway i got another one of a similar chinese scooter on ebay and tried it and it only moved the clock for a wee while then stoped.both the old and new speedo drives turn ok.i mean the end where the cable goes into turns when i turn the cog in the drive if you know what i mean.am i missing something?

[Bashan]

You mean the cable is turning where it connects to the speedo? Sometimes there's a break in the middle of the cable. Rich

[sprocket]

You need to check the hub at the wheel and make certain the cable is fully screwed into the speedometer in the dash...

There are a couple of different types of cable... you have the wrong one.. check your new one with the old one

[eivad11]

just spray it with lube, i had the same prob

[skikman]

Sept 4, 2011 17:46:22 GMT -6 sprocket said:

You need to check the hub at the wheel and make certain the cable is fully screwed into the speedometer in the dash...

There are a couple of different types of cable... you have the wrong one.. check your new one with the old one

i dont have a new cable the old one is ok[turn one end and it turns at the other end]it is screwed in fully at the clock and cable inserted and screwed/locked at the hub.im thinking is there something missing at the wheel end?

[Bashan]

If you remove the cable from the speedometer, spin the wheel, and the cable turns at the end, the speedometer is bad. They go bad all the time and are usually very inaccurate. Now when you're saying "clock" I assume you're referring to the speedometer? Rich

[sprocket]

Might try spray white lithium grease down the cable or run oil down it... the tend to wear and become inaccurate...