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    I Gotta Squeak - In The Nicest Possible Way

    Golf November Two Five Zero has developed this week a squeak and here are the observations:

    1. applying brakes - squeak still there.

    2. going down hill squeak seems to disappear.

    3. moving up through gears squeak still there, but mysteriously disappears for a few minutes and reappears.

    Could this possibly be a speedo cable problem??

    Any other thoughts??


    Heads Up and Enjoy

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    I had the same problem, in my case it was the gear thingamajig that the speedo cable screws into.
    I took it apart and had a look. Suzuki has never heard of grease apparently It looked more like a factory worker had coughed up some phlegm into it All the parts inside were dry and a bit rusty so I cleaned it, repacked it with real grease and no more squeaky

    Which made me wonder about the swingarm bearings, which also had dried up crusty grease in them when i dismantled it. I haven't got to the headset yet but i'm guessing it's probably in the same condition.

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    Quote Originally Posted by twinkle View Post
    I had the same problem, in my case it was the gear thingamajig that the speedo cable screws into.
    Hey thanks twinkle, my thoughts too, going to have a look at the cable over the weekend.

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    It won't be the cable, it will be the thing it screws into, or something else. I'll post a photo of the part if i can find one for you.

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    Ok it was this part on mine. It has one of those C clips you need to get off first to get to the little gears inside it. There aren't too many parts inside, just two gears, some washers and a seal.
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    Quote Originally Posted by twinkle View Post
    Ok it was this part on mine. It has one of those C clips you need to get off first to get to the little gears inside it. There aren't too many parts inside, just two gears, some washers and a seal.
    Many thanks for that picture twinkle, will have a look.

    Appreciate you going to the effort of posting this.

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    no problem, good luck

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    well yes... and no. Moving production to China to cut costs is fair enough, leaving out the grease is not on from a major manufacturer like suzuki.

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