Hi everyone:

I thought my speedometer was broken so I removed it from the dash in anticipation of having it sent out for repair. I spun the drive shaft on the back of the gauge and it worked perfectly. So I thought maybe the speedometer cable was broken and I tested by spinning it and it and saw the other end spin just fine.

I then realized that the square shaped head that goes into the slot on the back of the gauge was actually not long enough slot into the back of the gauge. I tried pulling on it with needle nose pliers but I can't get the cable to extend out any further. It's a steel cable so I don't think it shrunk any. I can't think of any other any other way to remedy this than to bite he bullet and order a new cable?

Howard

1974 260z

Edited May 2, 20186 yr by 882993md

Go to the transmission end, remove it and see what's going on.  It sounds like it might be loose on the trans end.

Or the jacket broke and got longer somewhere

On 5/1/2018 at 8:21 PM, Patcon said:

Or the jacket broke and got longer somewhere

It seems that’s what happened as there is a kink or split in the jacket. I ordered a replacement. 

Howard