WANTED: CB77 Speedometer

Spargett · Post by **Spargett** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:19 am

I have a 1962 CB77 with a speedo that's toast. I'm positive about the compatibility, but I'm pretty sure as long as the needles sweep in opposite directions. I'll pay a fair price, and must be in working condition. Thank you!

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:59 am

Hi Scott

Do you know what's wrong with it? I have a couple that may be in better (working) condition than yours. If you cannot get a good one I would be prepared to do a swap with you. I'll be back in the US at the end of Jan.

G

Spargett · Post by **Spargett** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:28 am

I suspect the gear's internal lubrication has worn out. I get high pitched whining noises while the needles bounce all over the place. Cables have been replaced and properly lubed before screwing into the instrument.

There's a few places that can fix it, but they suspect a 30 day, $250+ turn around.

Mine looks pretty nice (not mine in the photo above), but looks will only get you so far. Need a working one ; )

G-Man wrote:Hi Scott

Do you know what's wrong with it? I have a couple that may be in better (working) condition than yours. If you cannot get a good one I would be prepared to do a swap with you. I'll be back in the US at the end of Jan.

G

3BeanCrispy · Post by **3BeanCrispy** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 2:07 pm

mine behaved in the same manner on my ca77. bought a used one on ebay for $50 and after 12 miles it behaved the same way as well. sent them both to foreign speedo and had them back in about a month, both fixed for $200 total. only installed one, but it works great.

matt in PA

e3steve · Post by **e3steve** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 4:31 pm

Spargett wrote:I have a 1962 CB77 with a speedo that's toast. I'm positive about the compatibility, but I'm pretty sure as long as the needles sweep in opposite directions. I'll pay a fair price, and must be in working condition. Thank you!

I have one that's serviceable & working (for now), Scott. You can have it with my compliments as a token of my thanks for your package-forwarding services(!). At least that'll give you time to get yours serviced or until a pretty one crops up on eBay.

I'll test it before I ship it.

PM me which address you wish me to send to.

Spargett · Post by **Spargett** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 3:27 am

Thanks Steve, that'd be truly wonderful. I'll be able to finally tune the bike with a working tach while my original gets fixed.

e3steve wrote:I have one that's serviceable & working (for now), Scott. You can have it with my compliments as a token of my thanks for your package-forwarding services(!). At least that'll give you time to get yours serviced or until a pretty one crops up on eBay. I'll test it before I ship it. PM me which address you wish me to send to.

mike horvath · Post by **mike horvath** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:35 pm

Hey Spargett,
Reading your post tonight made me think of my wackey speedo a few years ago. Just got the bike, gotter running, but the speedo would whine like crazy, and the needle would be all over the dial no matter what speed. Found out by trial and error, but a few drops of 30wt up into the connection point on the bottom took care of the whine and the needle trouble. The hassle now is taking it off to invert it, but maybe you'll get lucky if you haven't tried this yet.
Mike

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