leaking speedo cable

[Anonymous]

hi there, I remember reading somewhere on this site about a way to stop the oil leaking from the spot wehre my speedo cable meets the engine... but cant find it now... any tips? It's on an 81 850G. Is this a familiar problem with GS engines?
Cheers,

rob

[Anonymous]

speedo cable???

I am assuming that its the tachometer cable-i think that the speedo cable goes to the front wheel--but i dont know those size bikes at all.-- on my 1100e the tach cable was leaking and i cleaned the connections verry well and use some permatex 2 on it--gasket cemernt--i use it on bolts around the clutch housing also and on the valve cover bolts

[Dink]

I think you may actually mean the tacho cable.The housing that sits on the cylinder head has two o-rings in it if you replace these your problem should be solved
Dink

[Anonymous]

tach cable

Before reassembling you might want to take a little emery cloth and clean up the shaft that spins within the housing. I found that after my tach cable had leaked for a while the oil leaking through had friction burned and left a rough surface. Emery cloth smoothed it it and it don't leak now.

Robert Dally
1980 GS850G

[Anonymous]

The two o rings need replacing It makes a nasty mess when this starts to happen I used a dental pick to take the o rings out I think it took me several to clean the mess it had made good idea about the cloth and residue building up

[Anonymous]

hey thanks

thanks everybody for all the input, I'm sure it'll turn out clean as a whistle in the end, no more oil all over my nice clean engine... ... and maybe by then I'll be able to tell my tach cable form the speedo.. :P

cheers,
rob