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sublunacy
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speedo sticky/ slow

Post by sublunacy »

Yea at around a 100km/h the speedometer is sticky/slow
to respond.
It just started happening, is my speedo cable frozen or do they
wear out???
Anyone?
"Hows the transition look?"
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internetautomart
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Post by internetautomart »

while that is possible, it is equally possible that the speedo head is bad as well.
I would look at the gearing in the trans and the head to see if either has damage
94 BC w/ AWD Sold 6/25/08
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IronMonkeyL255
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Post by IronMonkeyL255 »

And while you're at it, lube the cable.
Disclaimer: If anything I post is inaccurate, please correct me. I do not wish to add to the misinformation floating around on the internet.

That being said, everything I post is accurate to the best of my knowledge.

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BSOD2600
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Post by BSOD2600 »

Yup time to lube / clean the cable. Often, junk from around the tranny will work its way up the cable into the back of the instrument cluster.

Mine was ~5 mph slow / bounced around a lot for a while, then one day driving along the highway it broke! That was a fun little task to replace...

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Canadian Turbo
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Post by Canadian Turbo »

Hahahaha
I'm on my 3rd 90-94 legacy and they all did that sticky @ 100km thing!!! One minute i'm doing 100 then boom 130!!!! Since all the others were beaters I didn't care, but I'd like to fix my new baby.

Can anyone describe how and where to lube the speedo cable??
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