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Last Fall when I had the car out for our last ride of the year the speedometer needle started jumping and growling. Of course I forgot about it until now. Figured I better look at it now as driving season is coming up. I suspect it is the speedometer unit as I don't think a dry cable would growl but since the cable is a easy thing to pull and lubricate I am going to do that first. I have several choices of lubricant on hand to use. They are as follows: Valvoline Multi Lube Lithium Grease #638, Valvoline X-All Purpose Grease #564 (It is cream colored), cup grease, and chassis grease. I'm leaning toward one of the first two listed. Anyone care to give their opinion of what to use ???
If that doesn't fix the problem I guess the speedometer unit will have to come out. Any suggestions on who would rebuild/repair the unit?? Since it is the original unit on it's second time around showing 148600 on the odometer I would prefer to get it fixed instead of just replacing with another.
Appreciate any advice/comments/opinions etc.
Thanks: Dick

After having to clean the grease out of a speedometer with a Q-tip soaked in gasoline...
I can say Gene gives great advice!

The speedometer cable acts like an auger and will auger excess grease up into the speedometer.

So now I flex the cable in a cup of soft grease to get grease inside the cable.
Then wipe all of the grease off the outside.
What's left inside the cable will be plenty.