Adventures on the Old Girl, and with the Old Girl

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 10:08 pm

Thanks to Ed, I now have a working speedometer again!

I did a flush out and relube of the clutch cable. It's working well, now.

My, that bike runs good!

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:26 am

Sara

Where was the break?

Nice easy fix, anyway! Great to be out on a bike. My projects just keep slipping. JUst too many other things to do. I'm envious ..... :-)

G

sarals wrote:Thanks to Ed, I now have a working speedometer again!

I did a flush out and relube of the clutch cable. It's working well, now.

My, that bike runs good!

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 9:29 pm

Graham, my bike is no where near the gem yours is going to be! You're bringing back a true masterpiece.

The cable broke about a foot from the drive. The more I think about it, the more I come to believe I should replace the whole cable. Ed sent me the internal cable, which was in perfect shape. I am worried there may be a burr or something inside the sheath, which is why the speedo needle bounces around so much.

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 1:11 am

Sara

A running Hawk is worth two in the workshop....... I'm sure someone said that.... :-)

I would guess that the place you mention is the place where maximum deflection happens when the forks pump so it is going to be a weak(ish) spot. If the outer has developed a kink at that spot it might be worth replacing the whole thing but, if not, you are probably good for a few years.

Enjoy that SuperHawk - I'm catching you up. Slowly..... :-)

G

sarals wrote:Graham, my bike is no where near the gem yours is going to be! You're bringing back a true masterpiece.

The cable broke about a foot from the drive. The more I think about it, the more I come to believe I should replace the whole cable. Ed sent me the internal cable, which was in perfect shape. I am worried there may be a burr or something inside the sheath, which is why the speedo needle bounces around so much.

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 1:52 pm

Graham, yes, good points. There is no kink, at least externally. I don't like the speedometer needle bouncing around the way it does, but, oh well (for now!).

Good saying....it must be in a book somewhere? "Zen and the Art of..." perhaps? ;)

I'm looking forward to you riding your Superhawk!!

G-Man wrote:Sara

A running Hawk is worth two in the workshop....... I'm sure someone said that.... :-)

I would guess that the place you mention is the place where maximum deflection happens when the forks pump so it is going to be a weak(ish) spot. If the outer has developed a kink at that spot it might be worth replacing the whole thing but, if not, you are probably good for a few years.

Enjoy that SuperHawk - I'm catching you up. Slowly..... :-)

G

sarals wrote:Graham, my bike is no where near the gem yours is going to be! You're bringing back a true masterpiece.

The cable broke about a foot from the drive. The more I think about it, the more I come to believe I should replace the whole cable. Ed sent me the internal cable, which was in perfect shape. I am worried there may be a burr or something inside the sheath, which is why the speedo needle bounces around so much.

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:17 pm

I've pulled out the instrument cluster and I have it sitting in a shallow container of 30W oil. LM suggested I do this to allow the oil to wick up into the mechanism of the speedo and tach. Hopefully it will cure the "needle bouncing" that the speedo is doing. This is a last resort before I bite the bullet and send it to a repair outfit...

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 8:00 pm

That should help. You just need to make sure you don't get too much lube wicked into the speedo as it can discolor the face if it evaporates in hot weather.

G

sarals wrote:I've pulled out the instrument cluster and I have it sitting in a shallow container of 30W oil. LM suggested I do this to allow the oil to wick up into the mechanism of the speedo and tach. Hopefully it will cure the "needle bouncing" that the speedo is doing. This is a last resort before I bite the bullet and send it to a repair outfit...