I've been having problems with my speedometer cable, I got on from AutoZone about a month ago and it blew out last weekend, I then got another, and that one blew out two this past Tuesday. I was wondering should I just go get a GM one or is there somewhere else I can look. The one from GM is about $50 and will take about a week to get here. Any suggestions???

 

Is it coming with a new housing, or are you just getting the cable. If you're not getting a housing, get one. It should ALWAYS be replaced whenever you replace the cable itself.

 

If you mean the things to screw each end to where it goes yeah, it's not the other universal one that they sell, this other guy mentioned that it's cuz the cable inside is too weak for the car and that's why it breaks, and the one from GM is of better quality.

 

Then there's something wrong with the speedo itself, there's no such thing as a cable that's not "strong enough" for a car.

There should be VERY little resistance anywhere in the cabel/housing/speedo that will cause it to catch and break. If you've replaced the housing and the cable all as a unit, then there's something wrong with the speedo itself.

I think that you should get the GM one anyway since it'll be precut to the proper length and have the ends already on it, you won't have to worry about cutting it and installing the square drive.

 

thanks for the info...just fixed it though, it turns out that it was where it goes connected to the transmission the little wheel/gear thing was cracked causing the other wheel/grea to slip and read wrong.

 

yeah so it worked for about an hour and then stopped so now im wondering if i just need to get a new speedo cuz i've already changed pretty much everything else...any info please

 

What kind of lube are you using on the new cable?