speedometer stopped working

[pizzaman383]

I changed my tire last weekend and now the speedometer doesn't work.  I had to stretch the speedo sensor cable a bit to get things back together.  Do any of you have ideas on what might be the problem and what's likely to fix it?

Thanks!

[tiger77]

I had the same problem when I removed the front wheel.

Make sure the little magnet in the speedo sensor (attached to the plastic sensor housing) is aligned correctly, and the little tabs are all lined up with the grooves in the wheel hub.

Otherwise the speedo doesn't pick up any movement, and the speedo wont read at all.

Or something like that...

[pizzaman383]

Unfortunately, my speed sensor is frozen.  It looks like last time I installed it with the tabs pressing intobthe magnet.  I will need to get a new one.  Bummer!

[Advwannabe]

The little connector half way up the cable can fill with grunge too. My cable stretched a little bit when  fitted the Rox risors. A year later a combo of grunge and stretch killed the cable.