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Speedometer Reads Max

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Greetings,

I just replaced the speedo cable on my 79GS1000 with one that I ordered off the net. I replaced my broken cable AND the sheath as one unit and everything fits well.

I took it for a cruise, and the speedometer flipped all the way to the right to the max speed as I was moving along in my neighborhood around 20mph. I rode a bit longer, and noticed that the odometer is spinning normally. A mile in the real world reads as a mile on the odometer. If I walk the bike backwards the needle will spin back to zero.

Anybody have any idea whats going on with this thing?
 
was it a genuine suzuki cable? it sounds like the inner cable is too long and it is sticking up inside the speedo too far
 
I got the cable from bikebandit.com - it said it would work. And its the only one I've been able to find that has the correct connector on both ends.

That being said - I was wondering if I cut a piece of the speedo cable off from the end that goes into the gagues if that would do it. It seemed pretty darn long to me when it fit in.

About how long should it be?
 
When the needle goes all the way over to the right, disconnect the cable at the speeo. If the needle still stays there loosely reconnect the cable and walk the bike backwards. If the needle then returns to zero, I'd say it's time to open up the speedo to find out what's broken or damaged inside.
 
So something in the speedo might be broken then.

Thats just great.

It was working fine until the cable snapped. From what I've read if you take apart the speedo assy its almost impossible to get it back.
 
This is good info for me...I'll be replacing both the speedo and the tach cables. Sounds like I'm gonna have some fun.




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REGonz said:
It was working fine until the cable snapped. From what I've read if you take apart the speedo assy its almost impossible to get it back.
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You've read incorrectly.

http://thegsresources.com/_forum/showpost.php?p=1570322&postcount=142

http://thegsresources.com/_forum/showpost.php?p=1586877&postcount=231

http://thegsresources.com/_forum/showpost.php?p=1590677&postcount=240

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