MizzouMike
New member
At the risk of staring a dreaded lubrication thread, I am trying to figure out how to maintain the speedometer in my 1971 R60/5.
I recently acquired this bike after a 14 year unplanned storage. I am the third owner, and the second owner was meticulous with his records. I have all of the maintenance from 1995 when he bought the bike from 6700 to 13000 miles. Well one of the items he routinely did was "lube tach / speedo" on his list.
So I lubed the cables with cable lube, which seems to be the right thing to do until I replace them since they are original. But I was also wondering if there is any special way to lubricate the gears of the speedometer itself?
I sprayed some cable lube up onto the housing last time, but not sure if that is what is needed?
For the record the tach needle is smooth, but the speedo needle jumps around a lot, especially on acceleration.
Any thoughts?
I recently acquired this bike after a 14 year unplanned storage. I am the third owner, and the second owner was meticulous with his records. I have all of the maintenance from 1995 when he bought the bike from 6700 to 13000 miles. Well one of the items he routinely did was "lube tach / speedo" on his list.
So I lubed the cables with cable lube, which seems to be the right thing to do until I replace them since they are original. But I was also wondering if there is any special way to lubricate the gears of the speedometer itself?
I sprayed some cable lube up onto the housing last time, but not sure if that is what is needed?
For the record the tach needle is smooth, but the speedo needle jumps around a lot, especially on acceleration.
Any thoughts?