Speedometer Cable housing

[MylilBowTie]

I'm getting a pretty annoying sound from my speedometer area. I'm almost positive its the cable. The needle will read steady at higher speeds but bounce at low speeds. I haven't tried to grease the cable up yet. I'm figuring that the cable housing is worn out. Anyone sell the cable housings if I need to get a new one? I've looked them up but the pictures show the cable and the housing.

[shadetree]

Most of the time, speedo cable failures are just that, the cable, not the housing. Cable kits are sold at most parts places, and install is quick and easy. I've over-lubed several speedo cables, and had to clean up the speedometer after the grease wicked up the housing. If you do lube it, use only a small ammount, and that near the trans end.

[MylilBowTie]

So is it common to get the cable housing with the drive cable also? Or is it just the kit to take a universal cable length to your size? I take it would be better to lube it on the transmission side. So it can work its way up the housing. I know the truck has a lot of mileage on it.

[us111]

hello,had one like shadetree is talking about
someone used wrong grease or something but
it was all nasty,wouldnt turn by hand,bounced like
your talking about,soaked it,cleaned it up good
wd-40 down it,spun nice by hand,haven't had no more probs
with it..

[jermasaurus]

Must be that time of year. Mine was making an intermittant chirp noise a few weeks ago.
Now it makes a constant scratching noise at any speed below 20 or so.

I have seen a lube specificly for speedo cables once before.

I'm gonna try white lithium and see how it works.

[MylilBowTie]

I took the cable out and it looked fine. Sprayed it with some white lithium grease. Got rid of the screaching. Now speedometer needle bounces like its a lowrider from 5 -30 then starts smoothing out.

Just so anyone needs to know. You pull the cable out from the top not the bottom.

[old Rusty C10]

i have the same problem at this time and one of these days when i get to replacing the bad bulbs in my instrument panel im going to pull the cable off the speedo and spray WD40 down it and it will be fine ive done this same thing several times without any hitches

[MylilBowTie]

I pulled the cable out without pulling the gauge cluster. Just follow the cable housing to the speedometer. Push the clip forward and out it comes. Pull the cable housing down, pull out the cable and grease it down. Its a little harder to do on Silverado's but still able to be done. I was working on my 86 and its a custom deluxe much more room under the dash. Guess I'm a little impatient at times. I've drove it some more and now its getting better. Still not perfect but way better than the screeching and bouncing it was doing.