I've attached the photo to the email, for those of us too lazy to go to the website. I compressed, the full size one is at the website.
>From your picture, I think you've got the exact same problem I have. My guess is it just needs to get reattached, although I'm having trouble figuring out exactly where to reattach it, specifically at what rotation. If I could get it just held there in the right position and working properly, then I would know, but every time I hold it in place and hook up the tachometer cable, the dial just spins over and over again. -Noah On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 6:05 AM, Ian <[email protected]> wrote: > I've added a file called "Broken Tach.jpg" to the files section of the > group. > > It's been suggested to me that I fit it back together with some metal- > to-metal epoxy, but I am concerned that the internals may be damaged. > > I'll post updates when I get further suggestions, or I fix the darn > thing. > > On Aug 16, 10:37 pm, Noah Goodall <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been having a tachometer issue on my 1985 450 as well. I'm curious > to > > see your photos. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Ian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've got a 1984 Nighthawk that I'm having a lot of fun bombing around > > > on. > > > > > Unfortunately, the tachomoter recently broke. Specifically, the > > > threaded connection for the tach cable has separated from the metal > > > underside of the tach pod, and looks too chewed up to try and > > > reinstall. > > > > > Is it possible to repair this kind of tachometer? I'll upload a photo > > > to try and show the problem. > > > > > If it is not possible to repair, how difficult will it be to replace > > > the tach? > > > > > Thanks for any advice. > > > > > -- > > > 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]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]><nighthawk_lovers%2Bunsubscrib > [email protected]> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- > 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]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- 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.
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