Red Adventure
Race Dog
So the other day both my odometer and trip meter stopped working, at 86Kkm+ that might be such a bad thing :mwink:
The problem is keeping record of services and I use the trip meter a lot.
First thing I did was to remove the speedometer and pry the lens cover off
To do this without showing signs that the speedo has been worked on is impossible as a DIY job.
I have often thought of doing this in the past because that annoying dust that gets in and settles on the black background has bothered me from day one, but to tamper with the speedometer always has an effect on the resale of the bike.
So while it's open I was determined to cure the cause of dust getting in.
What I found is that this seal wasn't seated properly
And this shows that it's clear where the dust comes in
And this is how bad it looks inside
Anyway I'll get to that with the reassembly, I turned the speedometer over to find the culprit to why the speedo worked but not the odometer. I think this is a combination of dust and insufficient lubricant on the gear over time.
I then needed to bend open the rear plate just a bit to release the tapered gear. I then build it up with some epoxy.
And once the epoxy had hardened I Dremeled the splines open again.
Assembly was the revers and just took a small hammer to the rim of the lens which was covered with a cloth to minimise marking the black service.
It is however as clear as day that the speedometer has been opened but that is why I took picture of the mileage for reference one day.
To prevent dust from entering again I fitted the seal as best I could and also added a spaces to the trip-meter's resetting wheel causing a tight seal on that shaft. (sorry by this time it was pretty late last night and I didn't take more pictures.
The problem is keeping record of services and I use the trip meter a lot.
First thing I did was to remove the speedometer and pry the lens cover off
To do this without showing signs that the speedo has been worked on is impossible as a DIY job.
I have often thought of doing this in the past because that annoying dust that gets in and settles on the black background has bothered me from day one, but to tamper with the speedometer always has an effect on the resale of the bike.
So while it's open I was determined to cure the cause of dust getting in.
What I found is that this seal wasn't seated properly
And this shows that it's clear where the dust comes in
And this is how bad it looks inside
Anyway I'll get to that with the reassembly, I turned the speedometer over to find the culprit to why the speedo worked but not the odometer. I think this is a combination of dust and insufficient lubricant on the gear over time.
I then needed to bend open the rear plate just a bit to release the tapered gear. I then build it up with some epoxy.
And once the epoxy had hardened I Dremeled the splines open again.
Assembly was the revers and just took a small hammer to the rim of the lens which was covered with a cloth to minimise marking the black service.
It is however as clear as day that the speedometer has been opened but that is why I took picture of the mileage for reference one day.
To prevent dust from entering again I fitted the seal as best I could and also added a spaces to the trip-meter's resetting wheel causing a tight seal on that shaft. (sorry by this time it was pretty late last night and I didn't take more pictures.
