Speedo stopped working

[tussey]

Speed stopped working, odometer stopped working, trip tick stopped working. The cable looks secure at the gauge end. Then it dissappears into the wheel hub. How can I check that end?

[dgyver]

Remove the small phillips screw and pull the housing/cable out.

[vsboxerboy]

same thing happened to me, when I disconnected the cable from the speedo and pulled on it, half of the cable came out with one end frayed and torn.

New one arrived in the mail today 

[tussey]

found it!!! 


unscrewed the little screw by the front wheel, gave the cable a slight tug and the cable came right out, it was completely disconnected about 4 inches from the front wheel. I'm glad I know what it is. 

[Bluehaze]

Is this a "warranty able " problem?  My 08 gs is only  4 months old. Got this problem.

Thanks,

[lilwoody]

Mine caught the same thing at 7600 miles. That was about 10000 miles ago. I used my GPS to figure speed at rpm. 5th gear is dead on with speed 3k is 30, 4k 40, 5k 50, 6k 60. 6th is about 5 mph under3k is 35, 4k is 45, 5k is 55 until I get over 6k, 63 is 70 and 66 is 75. I haven't checked any thing higher, I'm old and don't need be anywhere that bad.
For oil changes I do them at the season changes, Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer, whether it needs it or not.

[fred]

If you can't get Suzuki to do it under warantee, don't pay someone to do it for you. $15 and 5 min of work and you can do it yourself. This was like the second thing I ever had to do to my bike and it was easy as pie.

[bikejunkie223]

Suzuki should pay for that under warranty.

[Bluehaze]

Found out the problem with mine.  The line screw into the tachometer and it just got joggled loose. It was just a matter of me screwing this line back in. all is well. Thanks.

[natedawg120]

Suzuki should pay for that under warranty.

+1 cables aren't supposed to be consumable, like break pads, thus they should be covered under warranty. 

[LOUiE]

If you can't get Suzuki to do it under warantee, don't pay someone to do it for you. $15 and 5 min of work and you can do it yourself. This was like the second thing I ever had to do to my bike and it was easy as pie.

it was the first for me... once I found the connection on the wheel it was easy