[Honda-C70] Re: Speedometer fix. Now I know how slow I'm going!

 

OTOH, if you decide to replace it anyway, it's worth a try, right? I'm not an expert on the speedometers, but maybe it could be carefully dremeled open with a cutting wheel and then JB-Welded closed again.

--- In Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com, "jonyoon" <jonathan.yoon@...> wrote:
>
> Darn, so i guess there's nothing i can do to fix it. It does this everytime i stop for any time longer than a couple of minutes. Oh well. Thanks for the info
>
> --- In Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com, Mike Gladu <mgladu@> wrote:
> >
> > At 8:48 PM +0000 5/13/11, jonyoon wrote:
> > >Ive got a speedo problem and it's not that the cable doesnt make
> > >contact with the speedo. For some reason, the speedo makes a high
> > >pitch whirring noise and shoots up to 55 when im in 1st gear.
> > >Obviously im not going 55mph, but it does this everytime when i
> > >start the bike. Once i get past 2nd and into 3rd, it calms down and
> > >is fine for the rest of the ride, even when i stop in traffic.
> >
> > It has some corrosion in the inductive drive inside the speedo,
> > causing a little drag and making the needle overshoot the speed.
> >
> > Once it spins up, it breaks through the obstructions and operates as it should.
> >
> > Not good, but if it clears, there's some hope.
> >
> > Otherwise, it's going to require a new speedo. No way to get it open
> > and back closed and keep the hermetic weather seal.
> >
> > Mike G.
> > -
> >
>

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