What a site with search feature

[Guest Ken8143]

The spedo cable came undone up behind the spedo. How to get at that darn thing? So. I looked it up using the advance search feature and wallah there I found how to do it. From start to finish maybe 20 minutes. Got to love it.

 

One trick to try out - the nut holding the cable on to the spedo kept slipping down. Couldn't feed it up through the channel. So. I take some plastic tape, run a turn on two on the cable below the nut, and there it was when I wanted to screw it back in place.

 

So. The search feature saved me from asking a question that had been answered already.

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Well done :thumbsup2:

 

A small Wire Strap instead of Tape would have been helpful also.

[86er]

So how did you do that, Ken? I had the same problem recently and would like to read that thread to see if I could've done it easier! (Or maybe I don't! )

 

[Guest Ken8143]

here is the tread - http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?p=214184&highlight=spedo+cable#post214184

 

I took the front trim, windshield, headlight trim and headlight out - maybe the headlight alone would have been possible? And it is dark and cramped in there!

[86er]

Thanks, I hadn't seen that post. I think I'm glad I hadn't! Except for the lube tip.

 

I hadn't tightened mine enough the last time I had it off (with the fairing off) and it came loose. I didn't want to go thru all that again. With a friend, I took the left turn signal out and looked thru there. You can just see it that way. Going up between the forks it can be gotten to. But it ain't easy! It also helps to have the bottom loose so you can turn it as you mate it up. Once the cable's up against the speedo, it can be turned thru the turn signal hole with a long screwdriver.