oil leak at tach

I have an oil leak at the tach. It's not the seals, rather it appears that the tach cable will not tighten down enough. The threaded collar binds up with the keeper before it snugs up to make the seal.

Does anyone else have this problem? Is it the wrong tach cable?

thanks

Sorry, forgot to mention. This is a '80 G1 classic kz 1000.

Post edited by: IowaKZ, at: 2006/06/11 21:59

Now that you bring it up, yes I have the same problem with my "80 750. New cable, but it still feels wiggly at the engine...

Nevco48 wrote:

Now that you bring it up, yes I have the same problem with my "80 750. New cable, but it still feels wiggly at the engine...

I had the same problem years ago on the red/silver bike in the gallery.

My fix was to take a thin rubber washer that fit inside the ferrule (knurled knob) and over the the metal flange end of the cable sheath just a tad snug.

That way, the washer takes up any slack between the ferrule and the flange, and acts like a gasket.

Worked for me..

(Where's 77KZ650 with his paint program when I need him?)

Post edited by: Pterosaur, at: 2006/06/11 23:48

PT. Thanks for the info. I'm gonna try that. Seems to me it should work just like a garden hose. Without a gasket, there is no seal and it leaks everywhere. Tonight I fix, tomorrow I rideB)

I had the same problem on my 77 750. I tried to form a "gasket", and I also tried a sealer. Neither did the trick. I purchased a new tach cable, and the leak went away. I did have trouble getting the threads started on the old one, but the new went started and seated very smoothly. Good luck!

Pterosaur wrote:
(Where's 77KZ650 with his paint program when I need him?)[/quote]

actually anyone with windows has MSPaint:P (click "start", "all programs", "accessories" and "paint")

If only i had autoCAD, then i could do some real damage with some pics :silly:

Might want to check out this link too (tach seal from Z1E)

Post edited by: 77KZ650, at: 2006/06/12 09:45

got12narow wrote:

I had the same problem on my 77 750. I tried to form a "gasket", and I also tried a sealer. Neither did the trick. I purchased a new tach cable, and the leak went away. I did have trouble getting the threads started on the old one, but the new went started and seated very smoothly. Good luck!

That'll work too...

There's two possibilities for leaks - through the threads on the ferrule (less common) and between the flange on the cable end and the nipple on the head.

Sometimes the angle on the flange is a bit shallow - cheaper brand aftermarket cables with less Q/C in the process, or being a 600 pound gorilla when tightening the ferrule can flatten the flange.

With a new cable, a little "never-seize" on the nipple threads will fix problem #1, and a deft touch when torque-ing down the ferrule usually does the trick...

77KZ650 wrote:

Pterosaur wrote:
(Where's 77KZ650 with his paint program when I need him?)

...actually anyone with windows has MSPaint:P (click "start", "all programs", "accessories" and "paint")

I did the "custom" install of WinDoze - left out all the accessory stuff, figured if I needed a paint program, I'd go the *MajorGeeks* route - but this setup works *peachy* by me - I describe contextually what I'm thinking of, and *zowie*, a drawing appears!

Post edited by: Pterosaur, at: 2006/06/12 09:48