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1Back to top Go down   More speedo woes Empty More speedo woes Tue Jul 12, 2022 12:39 pm

bmwian

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Gentlemen, and Ladies of course

I have a K1100LT SE, 1995 47,500 miles and I have no reason not to trust the accuracy of those miles.

The speedo appears to be gradually losing it. At first it would stop at 60mph and then crawl higher slowly, now it appears to stop at 40. The odometer seems to be correct.

I've read a lot of posts here regarding tails of woe​, but none seem to cover exactly this problem. I have removed the sender and cleaned it. Done the soldering iron trick next to the sender with it still in situ and the speedo read 40. Today it struggled to get past 30.

If I multimeter the connecting plug behind the RH battery panel, what should I get, full continuity  or an ohms reading? I really don't fancy taking the front fairing off to get to the back of the speedo but if I have to, so be it.

Motorworks want £48 for a used one or £99 new but I am loath to purchase either without having a reasonable chance of it curing my problem.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.



Ian

    

2Back to top Go down   More speedo woes Empty Re: More speedo woes Tue Jul 12, 2022 5:46 pm

robmack

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Hi,

This might be a mechanical problem.  I'm thinking it might be a loose needle on the servo motor rotor, or maybe the servo motor inside the cluster is failing.  Open the cluster and see whether the needle is secured to the rotor.  Fix it if not.

If the needle is not the problem then to confirm whether the speedo servo motor is failing will require an oscilloscope and knowledge about the UAF0115 driver that operates that motor.  It might be necessary to replace the cluster.


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If the k1100rt is like the k100 RT, and it seems to be, you don't have to remove the fairing to remove the cluster, as unlikely as that seems. 

I've had your symptoms, I don't remember about the odo part tho. in my case there were three pins on the right hand side, in the cluster, fed by a ribbon from the left side, they were rusty. If yours are, you want to clean them with deoxit and the sockets, and maybe even give them a slight twist for a tighter fit. I'm not good with electrical stuff but if that's your problem it's a very simple fix.


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Rick G

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If the k1100rt is like the k100 RT  It's not it is attached to the fairing mounting antler.
This sounds to me as if the problem is internal to the cluster and not the sensor.


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5Back to top Go down   More speedo woes Empty Re: More speedo woes Wed Jul 13, 2022 5:58 am

bmwian

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Thanks for the help. I'll get into the cluster and let you know how it goes, but it won't be for a few days as we have guests staying so the bike will have to take a back seat.

    

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daveyson

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How's about trying to interest the guests in taking a back seat ride on the bike. If you work your magic on them, they might even take an new interest in instrument clusters.


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7Back to top Go down   More speedo woes Empty Re: More speedo woes Wed Jul 13, 2022 6:23 am

bmwian

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Not a bad idea davyson but they are just not the type.


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Ringfad

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I had a problem where the speedometer face was expanding in the heat and hitting the needle causing it to stick. Only happened when sun was shining. Normally not a common occurrence in Ireland (the sun) but showed up when I went touring. I fixed it by sticking the face down.


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