Re: [Chrysler300] 300G Noisy Speedometer

On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 8:32 PM Noel Hastalis <cpaviper@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Dan,
I assume your speedo needle started bouncing also? Same thing happened in my F starting at last Fall’s Lynchburg Meet. It would screech with the car cold, and quiet down after a few minutes driving. Long story short, my speedo cable snapped in December. Installed a new cable in March and isolated the problem to my speedo head. All the folks I’ve spoken with say it’s no fun pulling the dome - my mechanic will be doing it in the next few weeks, and will send to Jeff Carter for rebuild.
We tried soaking and replacing the lubricating wick at the dome, connected the cable, and the speedo needle was still erratic. Then we connected the dash end of the cable to a cable drive tach, and the tach needle operated smoothly - so isolated the issue to my speedo head.
Noel Hastalis
F coupe

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On Nov 11, 2018, at 8:05 PM, mark love marklove@xxxxxx [Chrysler300] <Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Dan;
From my experience, you need to isolate whether it is in the gauge or the cable. Can you ‘feel’ the noise on the face of the gauge with your finger as you’re driving? Or can you hear it up close (your passenger in your lap)? Sounds like the cable and it’s the easier to diagnose. Unscrew it at one end (at the tranny or behind the gauge cluster, not sure of your year) and see if the noise goes away when you drive it. That will diagnose it. I have taken the speedo cable out, pulled out the inner cable, irrigated the housing in a solvent bath, cleaned the cable (look at the ends and see if they’re worn so badly you should replace the cable and housing regardless) and re- oil it (I used sewing machine oil). That’s what i did. As with any diet advice, ‘your results may vary'. M.

On Nov 11, 2018, at 6:07 PM, Dan Akol danakolaia@xxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300] <Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi All - My speedometer started making a loud, blood curdling noise today (it still worked though). Can anyone give me some advice on how to remove the cluster? Also, would shooting some lubricant in the cable hole help? Thanks!