Speedometer Cable

[Judhudson]

Is it common on your cars that from 0-30, the speedometer wobbles and you can't tell what the correct speed is?  Mine seems to be wobbling like crazy at those speeds, which is why I am asking.  It may not be a huge deal, but it'd be helpful to tell how fast I'm going at low speeds. 

At first, I thought it was my transmission that was causing the problem, but I just got it rebuilt this past week and it still does it.  It's also a new cable since when I bought the car, the old cable got chewed up (found what caused it and corrected it thou).  I lubricated the new one, but I think I'm going to have to pull it out and re-lub it.   A friend of mine says it might just be the head on the instrument panel that needs to be lubricated, any truth to this?

[RD]

did your speedo act this way before you rebuilt your tranny?

[Judhudson]

Yes, I'm sorry I meant to mention that in the above post - It did do the same thing.

[RD]

then your speedo needs repaired.  there is not enough lube in the world to get it to stop bouncing   there are some shops that rebuild them. I know year one does.

[Chryco Psycho]

sometimes cleaning & lubing the speedo head / guage will help, it can`t hurt to try

[Judhudson]

I'll give it a try first, hopefully it won't have to come to a rebuild.  Just one more question, what type of Lubrication should I use for the back of the speedometer head?  The same kind for the wire?

[Chryco Psycho]

lithium will be light enough but will stay in place