Speedo seems to be fidgety and mileometer doesn't work

Find that the speedo needled is moving too much and doesn't stay at the corect speed will fluctuate and also the odemeter miles doesn't measure any miles is this the clock faulty or the speedo drive gear or cable?

How fidgety are we takling as he mk1 needle always jumps about at couple of centimeters each way… it's the way the were made.

You two have faulty speedos mine doesn't move at all other than when it should.

Mine bobbles about a centimeter each way but settles when your at a constant speed.  If mines broken then that's another expense lol  :roll:

its about a few centrimetres each side but my mileage counter doesn't work either so is this the speedo clock faulty or something else?

Not sure about the mileometer mate.  I'm pretty sure our speedo's are fine though… I don't mean the trunks by the way… any speedo trunk action is just wrong…. lol …. the needle bouncing slightly is on all the mk1's I test drove.  Unless they were all faulty.

Hmmm… can't say i've noticed any bobbling on mine but i'll have a look next time I'm out, you have me wondering now though

Bobbling will be the kinks in the speedo cable catching and spinning at faster/slower rate than whats accurate, at a constant speed the speedo cable isnt subject to as much torque seeing as its not accelerating so shouldnt do it unless its really funky.

I had a thing where milage was working but speedo wasnt, was just that it wasnt pushed into the back hard enough. Might work?!

nick82 said

Bobbling will be the kinks in the speedo cable catching and spinning at faster/slower rate than whats accurate, at a constant speed the speedo cable isnt subject to as much torque seeing as its not accelerating so shouldnt do it unless its really funky.

I had a thing where milage was working but speedo wasnt, was just that it wasnt pushed into the back hard enough. Might work?!

thats 2 people now that have said to check that!
might have alook tomorrow