Stewart Warner Speedo help

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ampico-kid

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I have a round 30/31 Stewart Warner speedometer in my car. It jumps around like crazy until it hits about 25 mph. I pulled the speedo cable today and thoroughly checked it out. It looks good and feels good with a nice healthy free spin inside the cable. I added a bit of lube (although it already had plenty) just to be safe, and still have the jumping around. I then pulled the speedo and felt the input shaft by manually spinning it. I could feel it bind every so often. I pulled it apart as far as I could go and have removed all of the components except for the main input drive shaft. The binding is most definitely in there somewhere. I can freely spin the shaft, and then it hits a spot where it starts to bind. Once past that spot it spins freely again. There's no other gearing or mechanism left other than the input drive shaft. I don't see how it's supposed to come out? Looked on YouTube, but no help there. Can someone explain how to remove this input shaft? Thanks for any help.

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Hay you will need to box all the parts and drop it into the mail to me I will have it back with in 4 day after I get it and it will work and look like new. papanick.

jrnichols642@yahoo.com
 
Thanks to those of you who took the time to reply. I'm kind of a "do it yourself" sort of a guy. My background involves working on all sorts of small mechanical devices. When I don't have an answer to a problem (like here with the binding input shaft) I'm not afraid to ask for help. When I didn't receive any pointers from my post, I decided to do a bit more investigating. I discovered that by applying a small amount of carefully placed blunt force in two areas, I was able to release the tension that was causing the binding. the shaft now spins quite freely. I've reinstalled the speedo back into the car and it works good. This may or may not be a permanent solution, but for now I'm content with it. Thanks again for the replies.
 
Time will tell. There are some things that can be learned only thru
experience, and experience can be expensive. When you pay someone else to repair something, you are paying for their experience.
 
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