Hi guys, in the attempt to get rid of squeaking (I thought it was the speedo cable but it was a suspension...) I opened the speedometer cluster, separated glass from metal shell and put wd40 on the moving parts behind the speed needle, the little gears, etc... I've put a lot of wd40 also in the hole where the speedo cable goes.
Now when I drive at 90kmh the speedometer says 140!! After a 50km drive now it's resting at 10kmh.
Before putting the wd40 the speed was 100% gps accurate.
Can this have messed with some mechanism behind the needle? Maybe there are parts that need to slide on each other with a certain friction and shouldn't be lubricated?
Thank you very much
EDIT!!
On another forum I've read that the spring that limits the needle movement shouldn't be soaked in wd40 because it needs friction. The "antidote" to the wd40 is the electric contacts spray, apparently it removes the wd40, evaporates instantly and the speedometer is back in business!
I leave it here in case someone else faces the same problem
Now when I drive at 90kmh the speedometer says 140!! After a 50km drive now it's resting at 10kmh.
Before putting the wd40 the speed was 100% gps accurate.
Can this have messed with some mechanism behind the needle? Maybe there are parts that need to slide on each other with a certain friction and shouldn't be lubricated?
Thank you very much
EDIT!!
On another forum I've read that the spring that limits the needle movement shouldn't be soaked in wd40 because it needs friction. The "antidote" to the wd40 is the electric contacts spray, apparently it removes the wd40, evaporates instantly and the speedometer is back in business!
I leave it here in case someone else faces the same problem
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