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Speedometer started sticking today

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Slugbait

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I have a 1990 Nissan P/U, about 182K, and the speedometer just suddenly started "sticking" today. It wasn't a gradual problem: it was as perfect this morning as it was 15 years ago, bouncing up and down as I sped up or slowed down, but this afternoon the needle has extreme difficulty matching the current speed, meaning that it very slowly moves to the current speed whether I'm accelerating or decelerating. At one complete stop it didn't drop below 15mph, but tapping hard on the front dropped it to 0. Is this something that's easy to fix?
 
Probably a cable drive, not sure. It was the base model, no electric anything, really. Kinda thought maybe just a shot of wd40 might fix it, but I'd have to get inside somehow...I can put together a computer with my eyes half-closed, but I'm certainly no car mechanic
 
It's gotta be a cable drive. Try shooting some graphite lubricant into the cable and see if that helps. Otherwise, just replace the cable.
 
Originally posted by: Heisenberg
It's gotta be a cable drive. Try shooting some graphite lubricant into the cable and see if that helps. Otherwise, just replace the cable.
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While you have the speedometer out it would hurt to lube it too.

I used WD-40 on mine, graphite might be better.

 
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