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Old 02-02-2009, 07:42 PM   #1
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Stock speedo cable bending radius

The stock speedo cable comes up inside the engine compartment and does a lazy bend thru the firewall into the speedo head. I want to run mine up the inside to keep the firewall clean. Has anyone done this with the stock cable? Don't want to do all the work to find I am binding it up because of too tight a radius. Thanks
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Old 02-04-2009, 01:14 PM   #2
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Re: Stock speedo cable bending radius

Bump. looks like I will just do the trial and error method.

Which way does the speedo cable turn?? Thanks
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Old 02-05-2009, 08:38 AM   #3
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Re: Stock speedo cable bending radius

Looking at the speedo, the needle rotates clockwise so that is the way the cable rotates. The inner cable is very flexible so a tighter bend shouldn't hurt anything. It will put more stress on the back of the speedo housing so you may want to support it with a bracket.
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Old 02-05-2009, 04:36 PM   #4
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Re: Stock speedo cable bending radius

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Looking at the speedo, the needle rotates clockwise so that is the way the cable rotates. The inner cable is very flexible so a tighter bend shouldn't hurt anything. It will put more stress on the back of the speedo housing so you may want to support it with a bracket.
Thanks, good point about stressing the speedo housing.
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Old 02-08-2009, 04:43 PM   #5
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Re: Stock speedo cable bending radius

Turned out to be a non-issue, thanks for all that replied. I got to quit over thinking some of this stuff....
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Old 08-29-2010, 08:23 PM   #6
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Re: Stock speedo cable bending radius

Realize this is an old thread, but instead of starting a new one thought I piggy-back on this one. I purchased a new speedo cable for my 59 Apache last year and it has worked flawlessly, but recently I cleaned up my firewall and brought the cable in from down low causing a tighter bend as OrrieG noted. Well, now the speedo is wacked out and bouncing all over the place. If it's not the tight bend to blame what could I have done wrong? I've removed the ends and made sure they were clean/lubed a few times now and still no improvement. Appreciate any helpful advice!!
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Old 09-01-2010, 01:02 PM   #7
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Re: Stock speedo cable bending radius

I don't know if this will help but I seem to remember my dad grinding off the end of the cable to stop the speedo from bouncing. Maybe your tighter radius is pushing on the speedo housing/gears? Try loosening the nut holding it to the speedo so it pulls out a little or disconnect it from the trans and spin it by hand or with a drill to see if it's free. I'm done.
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