Re: [ST] Speedo woes remedy

["John Petrey, Jr." <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Red Dawg!
Flash's gotta have 80K on it. Do tell?
Good to hear from you.
John Petrey
Not a good riding day here in AL.

At 11:34 PM 9/15/2004, you wrote:
>I wrote awhile back asking if anyone had their speedometer go insane.
>Mine did. I finally got around to pulling it out to see if I could take
>it apart. You can't. So I removed a few screws and noticed what appeared
>to be some slight oxidation. The screws actually conduct the signals
>from the wiring harness to the speedo internals. When I found I couldn't
>take it apart, I put it back. The next day I found the speedo sells for
>something like $360. Yikes. I also noticed that mine had suddenly become
>sane again,
>at least momentarily. Aha! So I got some copper grease (used to
>lubricate rotating antenna bits) that had kinda dried out, but seems to
>have much more copper content that Permatex Copper Anti Seize compound.
>Pulled out the speedo again, and using latex gloves (I had been
>forewarned you cannot get the copper off your fingers), removed each
>screw and smeared copper over it,
>and retightened. Since the grease isn't made for screw applications, I
>cleaned up as best I could and then coated the tops of the screws with
>some liquid electrical tape. This to hopefully cut down on corrosion and
>also prevent the screws from loosening. So far, it seems to be working
>just fine.
>Just letting you know how you can save a pile of money if your speedo
>starts going crazy.
>
>RedDawg & Flash
>
>
>
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