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Speedometer cable breaking Mystery
Written by unlikelylogi... on 1/18/2012 at 09:20 pm

JohnO,

Begging your pardon, but it sounds like you had a problem with the speedometer
driving the front wheel, but the gear at the wheel failed. That's peculiar,
though it probably improves the gas mileage.

kjhoconnor,

Check the routing of the cable against the shop manual. There have been
problems when the cable looks good, but isn't routed precisely according to
Honda.

Seth

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "Macjohno" <macjohno@...> wrote:
> Check the plastic gear in the wheel hub. If it breaks and jams it can hold the
cable end firm, not letting it turn, and will twist the cable in two. I have had
that plastic gear break in two different PCs, but it didn't break the cable
either time. I think it could happen, though.
> JohnO
>
> --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "kjhoconnor" <kjhoconnor@> wrote:
> >
> > I have 39K on my PC and the cable broke about 4" from the speedometer.
> > Purchased a new cable with housing and pulled the cable out to lube,
reinstalled cable into casing and installed on bike. Took a test ride down the
street to find that the cable / speedometer worked fine.
> > Found a nice day in NC, rode approximately 20+ miles to find the speedometer
not working again. Removed the speedo cable from housing to find cable broke
again about 2" from speedometer head. Which leads me to beleive something is
locking up or broken gear in the head. Attached a drill on it to view the
workings of what turns internally. From what I can tell no broken gears and
everything seems to operate smoothly.
> >
> > Has This Happened to Anybody and what was your fix.....