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14 Apr 2011
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Speedo bodge - advice needed!
Where the cable goes into the speedo it has rounded off (previous owner fitted a kph/mph converter with a very hard, very square edged output shaft). My options as I see it are:
1)epoxy the cable in and hope
2)stick some chemical metal into the bit on the speedo, oil the cable end, stick it in to create the square hole and pull it out to let it set
any opinions on which would work better/why?
This is the first time I've actually encountered a 'square peg into a round hole' problem since I was about three years old!!
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What about solder?
Have tried lots of bodges - but this ones new. Have you thought about solder? Put one or more strands of thin multi core into the hole and then push the cable in - I'm thinking the solder might be soft enough to deform and jam the cable. Has the advantage over epoxy of easier to clean out if it doesn't work. Good luck
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do you mean without heating it, like using matches instead of a raw-plug? It might work. I had thought about trying to solder the cable in but decided I wouldn't be able to get enough heat into it to bond it properly without damaging the surrounding plastic
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I would get an electronic MTB speedo and use that, If you don't already know it NX650s and the XR650L speedo drive is junk.
Inner cables are available for about 1/3 of the total cable cost but they are still troublesome. The nylon cog in the front wheel also gives gyp.
Better long term fix is to get a Trailtech vapor.
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Unfortunately as I am delivering the bike on Saturday getting a digital speedo is not an option. The cable seems fine though and the drive is still engaging properly - these were what I looked at first, I wasn't expecting the speedo end to have failed like that!
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15 Apr 2011
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Well, I tried using a two part epoxy putty, filled the round hole, jammed amatch in to make a square hole - it looked like it would work but the speedo is still not working, aargh! Time to try some epoxy glue.....
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