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    Tach cable fitting stuck

    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
    81' GS850L
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    #2
    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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    '83 GS850G Daily rider
    '82 GS1100GK Work in (slow) progress
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      #3
      Another pic

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      Roger

      '83 GS850G Daily rider
      '82 GS1100GK Work in (slow) progress
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        #4
        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?
        81' GS850L

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          #5
          One more. Since they're not in Photobucket it takes a bit.

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          Roger

          '83 GS850G Daily rider
          '82 GS1100GK Work in (slow) progress
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            #6
            Originally posted by JohnGS850L View Post
            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?
            Yes, you can clamp onto the drive gear and pull straight out. You'll probably damage the gear shaft though.
            Roger

            '83 GS850G Daily rider
            '82 GS1100GK Work in (slow) progress
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              #7
              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.
              81' GS850L

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                #8
                Originally posted by JohnGS850L View Post
                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.
                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.
                Roger

                '83 GS850G Daily rider
                '82 GS1100GK Work in (slow) progress
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                  #9
                  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.
                  Last edited by chuck hahn; 12-23-2016, 08:27 AM.
                  MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
                  1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

                  NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


                  I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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                    #10
                    Be sure your new shaft seals PN ends with 05002 as well. I ordered the number on nthen fiches for my Cooley a few weeks ago and then fiche had the wrong PN....here the nthread about the situation.

                    Tach drive seal..whats up??? - The GSResources Forums
                    http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?244120-Tach-drive-seal-whats-up
                    Place your 4 cylinder GS engine, drivetrain or clutch related questions in this forum.
                    MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
                    1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

                    NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


                    I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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                      #11
                      Use penetrating oil, sometimes it can do magic.

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