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 Post subject: Speedo broken?
PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:55 am 
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I took the H2 out this weekend and the speedo started acting up. At first it worked ok, then the needle started resting at 80mph stopped. After a while the needle headed back toward zero and is at about 35 at rest. Can this be a easy fix or should I just change the speedo?


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 Post subject: Re: Speedo broken?
PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:07 am 
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There is no easy answer... it will need to be disassembled to find out.
If it has been recently disassembled, it might be as simple as a loose needle on the shaft. I would suspect a broken spring.... but opening it up is the only way to find out.

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 Post subject: Re: Speedo broken?
PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:44 am 
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mraxl wrote:
it might be as simple as a loose needle on the shaft.


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 Post subject: Re: Speedo broken?
PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:04 pm 

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I've seen dead critters, like spiders do that when a speedo or tach was stored with a light socket port uncovered. I have, in the past, used VERY LOW PRESSURE compressed air, no more than 5 psi, to blow into the unit, before I tear it apart. Sometimes, it clears the critter remains out, sometimes, it is as stated above, a physical problem.


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