zxr speedo drive

[slopster]

I had my bike out on Puke today and at the end of the day my speedo had stopped working. Initially I thought the cable had broken but it seems to be intact and the speedo seems to work too (needle moves slightly when I twirl cable in my fingers) so I guess that leaves the drive bit on the front wheel. I havn't had time to pull anything apart yet. Is this a common problem can I fix it or do I need to replace the whole unit. If it needs replacing does it need to be the zxr750h1 or will other Kawasaki ones work (250,400 etc).

[T.W.R]

hey Slopster,

its probably the stupid wee pickup plate in the drive unit on the axle, its just a pressed plate with 2 locator tabs that drive the whole unit, you may have damaged these.

should be a fairly simple fix if so

[Stevo]

So what have you discovered?

[Sniper]

So what have you discovered?

Don't you start

[slopster]

Yeah twr is right the pickup plate is the fault. Just waiting for the wreckers to open - damn public holidays!

[Sniper]

Yeah twr is right the pickup plate is the fault. Just waiting for the wreckers to open - damn public holidays!

Couldn't you make one up yourself?

[T.W.R]

Couldn't you make one up yourself?

you'd really need a piece of 30mm light walled tube & roughly 25mm long to make one yourself, the external tabs have to slot into the hub & the cut-aways at the other end line up with the pick-ups of the speedo drive. getting the measurements close enough to line up properly could be a bit of a mission but its possible.