Thanks, Ben. I'm sure replacement is a good idea but, I haven't gotten around to it as the cable screws onto the black box and is very secure in the sleeve that goes through the backing plate. The cable end sticks out through the square hole the proper amount and doesn't move in and out so it has become a "Deferred" maintenance item ... LOL The speedometer/odometer work fine and any problem with the cable would be noticed immediately. Mike
BenT Syncro wrote: > > > On 7/12/06, *Mike Collum* <collum@verizon.net > <mailto:collum@verizon.net>> wrote: > > For what it's worth, the clip was missing from the cable on my '85 when > I got it in '02 and it's never, on its own, come out of the square hole > in the grease cap. The cable from the black box is pulled just enough > toward the cap that it exerts its own pressure from the back. > > Mike > > > I would replace the clip. Last month I had an annoying thumping coming > from underneath. I had paranoid thoughts about bad CV's etc. It was only > the speedometer cable which came out of the brake backing plate. The > cable was whipping around in the tire carrier. I didn't notice that it > had come out because my speedo wasn't working at the time. > > BenT > > |
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