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'79 GS550E tach squealing - how to rebuild/fix?

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charlie27

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hi,

out of the blue the tach on my bike starts squealing. did the usual cable lube but its in the tach unit.
any instruction on disassemble to fix/clean/rebuild and make this go away? Thanks
 
I have read that heavy gear oil dripped into the shaft will quiet things down for a long time.
I have done it and have not heard a sound in years.
Use sparingly and you will have to invert the tach.
 
ok, thanks
so remove the tach from bike, place face down and oil with a few drops of gear oil

hope that does the trick
 
You may need to open the case. Mine was making a shriek to wake the dead, but oil down the shaft hole wasn't able to reach the area that was binding.

I removed the tach from its case and was able to get a few drops of oil into the bushing. That was about five years ago and it's been fine ever since.
 
put a few drops of light weight penetrating oil into the shafts on tach and speedo and good to go. thanks for the help!!!
 
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