The speedo drive is supposed to "key in" or rest behind the fork lug. That prevents it from rotating with the wheel. ALSO, there is a keyed drive to align in the wheel. Failure to execute this properly will cause the speedo drive cable / wiring (either) to be damaged and / or the speedo indication to be in error. Lotsa' ways to screw up. There's a whole lot more to proper front wheel instalation. Like spacing the calipers, etc. Most people don't bother or care. Too bad.
--- On Thu, 7/23/09, surfswab <[email protected]> wrote: From: surfswab <[email protected]> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Need some expert axle advice To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 1:52 AM I recently installed a new axle, wheel bearings and speedo gear housing (see "The Relative Bearing Saga"), and noticed, after the fact, that the manual calls for aligning a projection -- a lug, if you want to call it that -- on the speedo gear housing, with a similar one on the inside of the left fork leg. I didn't do that at the time because it didn't make sense. Aligning the two seemed like it would misalign the brake disc and the caliper by a 1/8" - 1/4". So I rotated the speedo lug slightly so that it rests behind the lug on the fork leg. Everything's torqued to spec, including the caliper bolts and seems to be working fine. But I'm curious. Is the instruction in the manual a misprint? Or am I overlooking something? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
