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gs1000 tack/speed gauge housing

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As you can see my tach needle has jumped ship. This suspiciously happened not long after replacing the tach cable... anyone have a similar thing happen?
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I've tried to remove the plastic housing over both. so far removed the trip meeter knob and the rubber edging. Does this just pry off now. I don't want to break it. Don't see anything else about screws etc in manuals. Seems it should just come off now.

And then can this needle just be reinserted?
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I have a couple of tachs, I'll go look.


OK, I have a complete one that works well, and one that has had the fuel guage taken out, otherwise it's good.

Both from a '78 1000.
 
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Thanks both of you. Don't really know how part selling/exchanging works in this community. Can you let me know? I have a couple of old parts you may be interested in.

I'll see if I can get mine off and look see. Any idea if the plastic housing pops off? Or best way to get it off? Rubber is removed from around the edge
 
Two ways, pry the thin metal around the edge away so it can come off, or cut the plastic all the way around. I like the prying method.
 
RobertGS1000 said:
I've tried to remove the plastic housing over both. so far removed the trip meeter knob and the rubber edging. Does this just pry off now. I don't want to break it.

Seems it should just come off now.
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If you can't get them apart, you probably should send those gauges to someone who knows what they are doing. The housing doesn't pry off.

Again...

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rustybronco said:
If you can't get them apart, you probably should send those gauges to someone who knows what they are doing. The housing doesn't pry off.
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The thin metal ring that holds the glass on the orange plastic housing prys off very easily.

Oh crap you're taking about the black plastic outer case?

Take out the nuts that hold the chrome covers, then the big mounting bracket, then little screws that hold the gold colored bracket, then some more stuff.

When you get down to the just the orange housing that's when you pry the metal thing around the edge.
 
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I could have taken a bunch of pictures last week, I had one apart about four times.
 
Thanks Gregory, not sure that tach unit is the same as mine which has the fuel gauge there as well.

Tkent I got the tach unit out. Not particularly interested in opening it up as I assume I need to cut it as is described on the site somewhere, then from what you say I'd need the guts of another to fix it anyway.
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I'm interested in that working unit from the 78 GS1000 you mentioned. Let me know what you suggest.
 
You don't need to cut anything to get into the tack, just use a small flat head screw driver to bend up the metal ring, simple stuff. Just takes a bit of time.
 
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