Why isn't my speedometer needle resting on "0" anymore?

[BigPinoyHunk]

i can't recall when exactly my speedometer started not being on the ZERO but it rests on the odometer button shaft instead which is probably about 20-25mph off. when i drive around the speedometer still moves and etc.

i don't know if its my speedometer thats broken or maybe just the cable. whats up and whats going on?


i did forget to mention i have removed and reinstalled the cable at the back of the speedometer a time or two since i last know it rested on the zero last.

 

[Jeff73Mach1]

Climate change?

 

[OMS]

Climate change?

+ 1

Wait edit - sorry Olie was just joking - last time I did a + 1 to someone joke all hell broke lose with donstang and kit sullivan :dodgy: I better not do that anymore

If it is dropping down to the 6 O'clock postion - I think it is in the speedo head - not the cable

Pop the cable off the trans and spin it by hand to see if it is binding up

 

[BigPinoyHunk]

I've taken it off lately and it doesn't bind when turned.

 

[OMS]

I've taken it off lately and it doesn't bind when turned.

I think [ not 100% sure ] it would be the speedo head then

Logic says if the cable was causing it - unhooking the cable would let it go back to zero

Also I'm assuming it sits at 6 o'clock when stopped , correct?

sits on the trip reset button shaft ?

Don

 

[BigPinoyHunk]

I've taken it off lately and it doesn't bind when turned.

I think [ not 100% sure ] it would be the speedo head then

Logic says if the cable was causing it - unhooking the cable would let it go back to zero

Also I'm assuming it sits at 6 o'clock when stopped , correct?

sits on the trip reset button shaft ?

Don

don,

yes it sits at the 6 o'clock position and rest right on the trip reset button just like you said. however it does move when i drive.

can i replace just the head of the speedo?