what did you wrench on today??

[Rich82GS750TZ]

No, I'm not talking about lubing the cable. I mean the clock-works of the tach itself. I've never had a tach or speedo cable sheath unthread itself at either end but can see that it is possible. I want to make sure the guts of the tach from becoming whiny like the two units I have.

[johnod]

Yesterday after a ride I decided to tear into my whiny tach in the hopes of cleaning it up and oiling it. Tear down went well but I absolutely destroyed the blue lens with a soft polishing tip dremel bit. These colored lenses are extremely soft and it didn’t take link at all to wreck it. The red and blue lenses were fogged from a previous attempt to clear the guts by squirting brake kleen into the works. Pics included just because.






Then I decided to hop on eBay and see what was out there. Found this nearly perfect tach for $50. It’s on its way.



The ring on the eBay one has a small ding at the top. I may swap out the ring from existing tach which is in good shape even after all my prying.

Is that a home made tool for pulling the needle?

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Is that a home made tool for pulling the needle?

No, it’s a plastic automotive panel prybar. Part of a set. Very helpful for popping off car interior panels.

[Baatfam]

I used a pair of paint can openers...

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Bobs paint can opener/church key solution would be better as it would lift the needle off the spindle in-line with the spindle. My method would leave the hole in the needle somewhat worse for wear with the off-kilter lifting.

[Buffalo Bill]

No, I'm not talking about lubing the cable. I mean the clock-works of the tach itself. I've never had a tach or speedo cable sheath unthread itself at either end but can see that it is possible. I want to make sure the guts of the tach from becoming whiny like the two units I have.

Use a newer synthetic lube, if you wanna be serious. I'd probably still use motor oil.

[Rich82GS750TZ]

For lubing the cables I have a bottle of the stuff that the local Mennonite bicycle shop uses to lube cables. They either make it or put it in small bottles to sell from a 55 gallon drum out back. You can't get more serious about bikes than the Mennonites. No Joke. For inside the clocks' spindles, I did just purchase a small bottle of sewing machine oil from Amazon for about $2.50. Think I'll try that first. Thanks Bill.

[johnod]

No, it’s a plastic automotive panel prybar. Part of a set. Very helpful for popping off car interior panels.

Thanks. Good to know, could be handy some day.

[Kingjoel]

My 1978 GS 1000 would only run on three cylinders. I replaced the spark plug caps, spark plugs, cleaned every wire connection (with a set of $60 diamond electrical cleaning tools), and ran another cable from the negative battery post to the frame (two grounding cables now). It has never ran better in the 5 years that I've owned it. I think the headlight is brighter now also, I'll know more when I take it out at night.

[Buffalo Bill]

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[1978GS750E]

Finally sync'd the carbs on the 750 today. Slowly getting it back the way I want it!

[steve murdoch]

Just curious, did you use a Morgan Carbtune?
btw, your bike looks fantastic!

[1978GS750E]

Thanks, it's slowly getting back to the condition that it was in when I sold it a couple years ago. I used my trusty old mercury-filled sticks!

[cowboyup3371]

Oh my gosh I finally got one of the bikes running today with an oil change and battery replacement on the Bandit. And I did it in the new shop!

First Oil Change in New Shop by Scott Baker, on Flickr

[dpep]

Oh my gosh I finally got one of the bikes running today with an oil change and battery replacement on the Bandit. And I did it in the new shop....

Congratulations on both the shop and the oil change. It has to be a good feeling when you reap rewards from all that hard work.