FWIW, I have had this happen on three MBs. Shrieking to the point of being shockingly loud when it starts to happen. In no case was it the cable; it was always the odometer gears. Fixed by Palo Alto Speedometer, which happens to be local to me. They did a good job.
On 1/18/18, Dan Penoff wrote: >Broken drive gear(s). Open up the odometer and I?m betting one of them is >split. Best case is that the inside of the gear has stripped and isn?t >turning on the shaft any longer - that you can do a drop of superglue and fix >for a quickie. > >Shrieking would be a cable, for sure. Pop the cluster and shoot some lube >down the cable jacket for a quick fix. > >-D _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com