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    Tighten your speedo and tach cables every few months

    A few days ago I noticed that my tach cable had undid itself and slipped out. Anyway, I've been burning the candle from both ends all week so I just grabbed the thing and tried to keep it from hitting anything as I had no time whatsoever to deal with it. I go to fix it today and see that the end of the inner cable has now broken off. It only took about 20 km to kill it. So, tighten them up with a pair of channel locks once in a while. That's what I had been doing...

    Cheers, Steve

    #2
    My tach cable works loose at the head and needs retightening every few weeks. Seems the outer rotates slightly as the steering moves lock to lock.

    Something to watch for sure.

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      #3
      I had the same issue so I used a little light grip thread locker on it. It never came loose again and when I tore the bike apart last year to rebuild it it came right off with little effort despite the thread locker. Just use a mild one not the tuff stuff.

      Rock on!

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        #4
        Turns out that there never was an end on the cable. It was a little frazzled so I cut off the extra wires but RPM indication is a little wobbly before 4k, I suspect cutting the wires off is going to cause the whole shebang to unravle within a week or two... Blue loctite is my choice, it's easy to break but resists vibration.

        Steve

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          #5
          Snapped off before I got a block away from my house... Time for a new part Betty!

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            #6
            you might be able to just pull the cable out of its housing and go find a new one from canadian tire or something. can do that for speedo cables anyway. lot cheaper then new from the dealer

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              #7
              If the sheeth was in better shape I would. I tried to pull it out last night to oil and and there was no way it would come out. A new one shouldn't cost more than 25CDN and will be much more flexible.

              Steve

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