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    leaking speedo cable

    hi there, I remember reading somewhere on this site about a way to stop the oil leaking from the spot wehre my speedo cable meets the engine... but cant find it now... any tips? It's on an 81 850G. Is this a familiar problem with GS engines?
    Cheers,

    rob

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    speedo cable???

    I am assuming that its the tachometer cable-i think that the speedo cable goes to the front wheel--but i dont know those size bikes at all.-- on my 1100e the tach cable was leaking and i cleaned the connections verry well and use some permatex 2 on it--gasket cemernt--i use it on bolts around the clutch housing also and on the valve cover bolts

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      #3
      I think you may actually mean the tacho cable.The housing that sits on the cylinder head has two o-rings in it if you replace these your problem should be solved
      Dink

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        #4
        tach cable

        Before reassembling you might want to take a little emery cloth and clean up the shaft that spins within the housing. I found that after my tach cable had leaked for a while the oil leaking through had friction burned and left a rough surface. Emery cloth smoothed it it and it don't leak now.

        Robert Dally
        1980 GS850G

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          #5
          The two o rings need replacing It makes a nasty mess when this starts to happen I used a dental pick to take the o rings out I think it took me several to clean the mess it had made good idea about the cloth and residue building up

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            #6
            hey thanks

            thanks everybody for all the input, I'm sure it'll turn out clean as a whistle in the end, no more oil all over my nice clean engine... ... and maybe by then I'll be able to tell my tach cable form the speedo.. :P

            cheers,
            rob

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