AZ-Scott:
Just wanted you to know that I FINALLY finished putting together my new steering head bearings, and so I did oil the speedometer, and guess what? YOU WERE RIGHT!!!
Thanks man. No more squirrels in my headlight!
Tom
--- In Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com, Scott Mumaw <scottmumaw@...> wrote:
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> Tom, To be honest with you I have taken several of those speedos apart even though they are not meant to be. Using side cutters I was careful to pry the folded over part up just enough to get the chrome ring off, By th folded over part i mean on the back side of the unit where the rubber gasket is. Once that is off you have access to all of the parts that need lube. I did actually use 3in 1 oil and light grease on the gears, Once you are done you just put it all together and bend the edge of the chrome ring back down and all is good. It does leave some small dents on the chrome ring but not bad. All seem to work good after. Or just try the way I told you the other day, that way just does not lube everything.
> Scott in az
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> From: Tom <wynnjunk@...>
> To: Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 10:51 AM
> Subject: [Honda-C70] Re: Squirrely sound - coming from instrument panel
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> A HA!!!
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> I had my suspicions, great to hear they weren't that far off!
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> Thanks Scott. You used regular motor oil? Just a few drops? Into the shaft where the spedo cable goes in, right?
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> Thank you again,
> Tom
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> --- In Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com, Scott Mumaw <scottmumaw@> wrote:
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> > I have had that sound myself. It was my speedometer, it is not meant to be taken apart. I took the speedo out of the bike and let it sit face down and put a small amount ot light oil into the housing where input shaft is. Mine has been fine for 2 years now, hope this helps yours.
> > Scott in az
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> > From: Tom <wynnjunk@>
> > To: Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 5:15 PM
> > Subject: [Honda-C70] Squirrely sound - coming from instrument panel
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> > Hi everybody!
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> > There is a strange high-pitched squirrely sound coming from my instrument panel. (I've thought about it, and "squirrely" is actually the most descriptive word I can think of.)
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> > It starts once the bike gets up to about 10 mph, and continues on and off (mostly on) during my ride. Then it stops suddenly when the bike drops below 5 mph.
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> > I thought it might have something to do with the spedometer / odometer cable, so I replaced it. Too bad - sound's still there.
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> > To help everybody, I actually recorded it (at low speed) so you can listen. (Thanks iPhone!)
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> > Link is here:
> > http://wynntom.com/public/stuff/c70-sound.wav
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> > Any ideas?
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> > Thanks y'all,
> > Tom
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1970-73 C70 Troubleshooting Guide:
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