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I couldn't find a good "how to" on how to clean and repack a speedometer drive, the part that's attached to the front tire, here on GSR despite trying several search terms. My bad I guess. But I stumbled across this on a Cavalcade web site. I didn't want to damage anything trying to figure it out and this has pictures and everything. Just thought it might help anybody else wanting to do this.
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Not bad, if you ignore all the spelling errors and the fact that they did not remove the driven shaft (the little one at the bottom).
That will remove easily, usually with some very fine-nosed pliers. I have cut away an old nut driver so it has just two pins that will fit into the slots on the retainer.
Pull that shaft out, clean it up well, it likes fresh grease, too.
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Pair of snap ring pliers and it comes apart real easy, clean and regrease, though not too much.sigpicMrBill Been a GSR member on and off since April 2002
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I know this is a zombie thread, but....Originally posted by Steve View PostNot bad, if you ignore all the spelling errors and the fact that they did not remove the driven shaft (the little one at the bottom).
That will remove easily, usually with some very fine-nosed pliers. I have cut away an old nut driver so it has just two pins that will fit into the slots on the retainer.
Pull that shaft out, clean it up well, it likes fresh grease, too.
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I've taken the driven shaft out before, but on this one it won't budge for some reason. So I'm glad to find this thread and the pictorial showing how the drive gear can be removed in those cases.Dogma
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