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my speedo needle bobs back and forth while driving....is there a way to fix this?

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keep your foot steady on the gas pedal

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clean the speedo cable or replace it

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Yes, remove the speedo cable and lube it up with that nice white lithium grease. Don't use anything else. That will cure most of the speedo jumping problems.

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I liked the first answer biggrin

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Mine was doing the same, especially around 50 to 70 range.  I changed the speedo head unit which cured the problem.      twocents.gif

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1965CS wrote:

Mine was doing the same, especially around 50 to 70 range.  I changed the speedo head unit which cured the problem.      twocents.gif



 where did you get the speedo head unit from?



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