My tach was "sticky" so I had to disassemble it to clean the internals. It was very tricky to bend up the ring that holds it all together without hurting myself or damaging anything. It's possible to do, and I pulled it off, but it took a lot of patience and some ingenuity to find the appropriate tools and technique to pry it up.
On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 11:31 PM, surfswab <surfs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Honda tachs are notoriously short-lived and almost impossible to > diassemble without damage, due to the press-fit way they are put > together. > > And yours has been discontinued anyway, so there's no hope of buying > new. You might try an Ebaymotors search for a used one. > > Or -- and this is what I'd do -- use it as an excuse to eliminate your > speedo also and go with one of the new digital speedo/tachs. Some of > them are quite impressive (built-in clocks, lap timers, dual > tripmeters, temp gages, etc.). > > Some brand names that come to mind are Acewell and Koso. > > Do a Google search for sources. > > > > On Apr 14, 9:44 pm, Fred <frdzel...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > If I have to buy another tach. Does it have to be the exact same year > and > > also off a 450? Where might I find one? Fred > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- Kevin Green - Orlando, FL --------------------------------- 1982 Honda Nighthawk 450 - CB450SC -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
