Uno Speedometer cable -- maintenance and refitting

Assuming your cable is still intact, remove the remaining cable from its sheath. Check along the length of the cable for kinks and patches of dryness; kinks can be carefully "helped" back into better shape and dry patches will need extra attention when greasing the cable. It would also be worthwhile following the sheath in the car to where these kinks or dry patches occur, in case there are obvious points where the sheath itself needs some additional attention.

Clean the cable using a penetrating lubricant/cleaner such as WD40, from one end to the other and back again. I found it best to do this with bare hands so that I could detect any grit that had been picked up and remove it.


Then apply a generous amount of grease to the cable -- I only had a spray version of lithium grease, which made things a little more difficult; a standard tub of grease would be easier to apply. MoS2-based lubricants have been suggested as particularly good for this application. A useful thing with the spray-can however is the ability to spray more grease into the sheath before putting the cable back in.

Finally, reinsert the cable and reconnect each end, and easy peasy -- a fully maintained speedometer cable!