90 GSX
15+ Year Contributor
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- Jun 24, 2004
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Fremont,
California
I get this noise above 25 mph coming from my speedometer. It sounds like paper tearing/sandpaper sanding something. It comes in pulses like ssss ssss ssss, not a steady frequency like ssssssssssss and gets faster as the car goes faster. Another strange thing I noticed is that my speedometer needle used to shake and wobble quite it a bit but it never made any noise. Now, my speedometer needle is steady as a rock but it makes this annoying noise. Randomly it will start shaking and stop making noise for a few seconds but it's usually steady and makes that weird sound.
I thought it was the cable but I see no way of lubricating it easily and I'm not going to take it out unless I know it's the cable. I think it will require removing the entire dashboard, which I can do if absolutely necessary, but I'd rather avoid it. I took off my gauge cluster today and tried to see if it was coming from the speedometer itself but I couldn't tell.
If anybody knows what this sound is or how to figure out which part is causing it please chime in. If I can't fix it soon I'm just going to unscrew the speedometer cable from the tranny.
I thought it was the cable but I see no way of lubricating it easily and I'm not going to take it out unless I know it's the cable. I think it will require removing the entire dashboard, which I can do if absolutely necessary, but I'd rather avoid it. I took off my gauge cluster today and tried to see if it was coming from the speedometer itself but I couldn't tell.
If anybody knows what this sound is or how to figure out which part is causing it please chime in. If I can't fix it soon I'm just going to unscrew the speedometer cable from the tranny.
