Speedo cable grease

[russiankid]

My needle jumps below 30mph, and shakes a little bit above that. I know this is do to lack of grease, and to prevent any further damage, what grease should I use to lubricate it? I am aware that it has to be spray grease, but I could be wrong.

What are the best ways to do this? Is it necessary to remove the cable from the gauge cluster? If it has to be removed, do I need to remove it completely out of the car?

[2oodoor]

any high temp grease, anything else will melt and be a mess later
I used to just pull the whole cable out from the top and grease it, being carefull not to let it touch the ground. Then I put just a touch on the drive end that goes in the speedo head.
Now I am not sure this one comes out from the top, there are threads on this somewhere here.

[forrest89sei]

I'd remove the cable, I tryed just removing the center and it got stuck about half way when i was putting it back in, I used like a high temp silicon grease

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[russiankid]

Thanks guys I'll have to get some grease and tackle this task. I may just let this cable die and get a new one for $10. :D