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Tach cable fitting stuck

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Had a small leak coming from the tack cable, only oil leak left on the bike. I ordered seals and began the procedure as per this tutorial: http://bwringer.com/gs/tachcableseals.html

Retaining screw comes off easy enough. Go to pry the fitting out and despite the phrase "It doesn't take much.", it takes quite much. So much that I cannot do it even with leverage. The fitting will rotate a tiny bit by hand. Can I use vice grips on the housing and sort of wiggle and pull? Why isn't it coming off easy?

Thanks guys. Bought the bike two weeks ago and been tuning it up for a road trip from Portland down to the Bay Area. This is the last minor thing I want to do. Almost there!

-John
 
They get stuck and break easily. I had one break and clamped onto the drive gear with vice grips. Then pried against the vice grips and it popped out. If you break it I have an extra you can have for cheap.
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Thanks Burque! Any reason I can't clamp onto the drive gear and yank it from there if I'm nervous about breaking the fitting? Any potential damage to the gear?
 
One more. Since they're not in Photobucket it takes a bit.

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JohnGS850L said:
Thanks Burque! Any reason I can't clamp onto the drive gear and yank it from there if I'm nervous about breaking the fitting? Any potential damage to the gear?
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Yes, you can clamp onto the drive gear and pull straight out. You'll probably damage the gear shaft though.
 
Well, sounds like this is a problem I'm going to just deal with when I get down to the bay. not worth delaying a road trip to wait for parts when it's not a catastrophic problem. I'm moving down there so I just gotta go one way then I have plenty of time to tinker with it.
 
JohnGS850L said:
Well, sounds like this is a problem I'm going to just deal with when I get down to the bay. not worth delaying a road trip to wait for parts when it's not a catastrophic problem. I'm moving down there so I just gotta go one way then I have plenty of time to tinker with it.
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Sure is nice to get all those oil leaks to quit. Good luck with that tach sleeve. Maybe apply heat and see if that helps, something I was too impatient to try.
 
Heat it with torch and screw the cable back in.....yank on the cable to extract it. The seal band is stuck to the head and the heat will soften it so it releases its grip. NOTE: just get bit hot enough the heat will soften the seal. Too much may weaken the gear drive housing and you might break it yanking the cable. There is an ever so slight lip where the drive seats against the head. You might be able to get a thin screw driver inn there and use that lip as a pry point too.
 
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