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Got some weirdness with the speedo cable in my R32 GTS-t.

Had the dash out last night to fiddle with the lights. Put it all back in and had it working sweet. Then on the drive to work the speedo conked out and gave me no reading.

Don't understand why this happened? Surely if it's in and working fine, it shouldn't break while cruising at 80km/h?

I pulled it all apart and found everything was still there. The plastic bit with the spring inside should just sit in the mouth of the cable, correct? I don't remember there ever being another bit there that could've gone missing?

I guess that the cable has actually broken, but it just seems strange. Would love to get this fixed without having to spend $100 on another cable and the time required to fit it (pain in the arse).

Cheers.

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how old is the cable assembly in there now?

The nylon needle could still be there but it might just be free spinning. this common problem in the 32's are due to a cracked pin-housing that you will see when you pull the pin out.

there are simple and very good ways of fixing this and there is the best way.

simple: heat shrink the housing so it provides an artificial clamping force

best: buy a new cable. lol

good luck

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Got the cable today so I put the car up and did the swap. New one is working a treat. The only bad thing is that looking closely at the new cable made me realise what I was doing wrong with the old one! Turns out that I just wasn't pushing the little square pin far enough into the mouth of the cable for it to work. So I now have a perfectly working cable sitting spare if anyone ever needs one! :3some:

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