Broke my speedo cable

[riffer]

Dammit. My new-found quest for better acceleration has taken its first victim... :angry2:

Actually, to tell the truth, I think I might have re-routed the speed cable in such a way it was putting a bit of pressure on it at the fairing.

Anyway, it's broken the cable at the speedo end about an inch and a half from the end, meaning the speedo doesn't go any more.

Can I get just the inner bit for the speedo cable? Or do I have to buy a whole new cable?

Are the Yamaha parts pretty interchangeable as far as speedo cables go?

Or, even better, are all speedo cables pretty much the same?

Any ideas, people? :(

[James Deuce]

Drat!!

Rooted cable by not routing correctly. Root.

I think you will need a whole new cable. Get the part number and check some wreckers out.

[Blakamin]

Or, even better, are all speedo cables pretty much the same?

Any ideas, people? :(


From looking at mine...(clicks all the time) all speedo cables are pretty much the same... mine looks like the same ones that sit inside a falcon...or a dremel extension for that matter!... worth a look!

[Motu]

I weld them back together - but then I'm a cheap prick.You can get inners made - the cable is just cut to length and then the ends squared up for the drive.Dunno who the hell you could find to do it these days - a speedo repair shop? John Gurney used to do them way back,had the tools and stuff,but he's been out of the game for yonks.

[NordieBoy]

Find someone who does industrial instrument repair.
They will make up a new inner cable.
Mine cost $30 and was done in 10 min.
I just showed him my broken one and he matched it up.

[Blakamin]

Does that mean you actually look at your speedo?... i worked out my revs in certain gears, coz i cant even see the speedo on the cbr....until it hits 150..... (havent been there) :blah:

[James Deuce]

You wanna try the one off the CBR?

[riffer]

You wanna try the one off the CBR?
I'll give it a go. Ordinarily I'd be pleased to not know my speed as it would give me a kind of "plausible deniability" excuse with Gini if I got a speed camera ticket, but the recent increase of power with the fizzer coupled with the whole 80 demerits thing makes me think I really should keep an eye on the speed.

I know that 4250 rpm in top (6th) is 100km/hr but it feels so nice from 5500 up I just have to get it into that power...and as for 8000 and up wahoo!!!! and with no speedo you can fool yourself its not really that fast. :msn-wink:

Trouble is, I can't remember what rpm it is in 2nd to do 50km/hr and this is where I'll get in trouble dammit.

[pete376403]

If the break is in a part of the cable run that is reasonably straight, you should be able to join it. I'd try silver soldering (easyflo)
I think I have some here if you want to try it, and the propane gas bottle is almost full.

[riffer]

Does that mean you actually look at your speedo?...
When you're on 80 demerits, you make a point of knowing what speed you're going at...

[riffer]

If the break is in a part of the cable run that is reasonably straight, you should be able to join it. I'd try silver soldering (easyflo)
I think I have some here if you want to try it, and the propane gas bottle is almost full.
Hi Pete.

I came round to your house Saturday and, again, you weren't there :laugh:

Here's the bit that's broken off. It's right at the speedometer end.

Do you reckon it can be fixed?

[Blakamin]

Good point!

[pete376403]

Hi Pete.

I came round to your house Saturday and, again, you weren't there :laugh:

Here's the bit that's broken off. It's right at the speedometer end.

Do you reckon it can be fixed?

Standard answer - "you can fix anything. How much do you want to spend?"

But yeah I'll give it a go, Was working Sat morning and at the hospital sat afternoon/evening (daughter in car crash, ok now)
I'll be home about 1745 - 1800 and dig out the stuff.

[riffer]

Its fixed its fixed!

Thanks to the ever-resourceful skills of pete376403 and some clever surgery involving a brass bolt, a metal rod, some beef tallow-based duzall, some solder, and a rough file, I now have a perfectly functional speedo!

Thanks Pete! :banana:

[Hooks]

Its fixed its fixed!

Thanks to the ever-resourceful skills of pete376403 and some clever surgery involving a brass bolt, a metal rod, some beef tallow-based duzall, some solder, and a rough file, I now have a perfectly functional speedo!

Thanks Pete! :banana:

WHAT !!!! No #8 .... :gob: