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Main Area => General GS500 Discussion => Topic started by: Boris on February 19, 2007, 12:42:26 PM

Title: Rev cable
Post by: Boris on February 19, 2007, 12:42:26 PM
Mine has snapped and the bottom part is corroded into that bit that sticks out the front of the head. Can I just pull this out or is the worm drive an integral part of it? I can't make it out from the 'fiche.
I have done this before but it was nearly 10 years ago and I've got a c**p memory. :oops:
Title: Re: Rev cable
Post by: dgyver on February 19, 2007, 04:15:56 PM
The worm drive part stays attached to the head. Unscrew the large splined nut not the small phillip (or hex) screw. IIRC, the cable has the female connection and the drive has the male.



......this reminds that I need to make a plug so I remove the drive since I have electronic tach now.
Title: Re: Rev cable
Post by: Cal Price on February 19, 2007, 05:08:57 PM
When you fit the new one smother it with grease especially at the bottom end, they always break at that point, water ingression collects and the cable rusts, sometimes there is a telltale swelling on the outer. This happened on my Yammy.
Title: Re: Rev cable
Post by: Boris on February 20, 2007, 04:41:41 AM
It's at the cylinder head it's seized, the cable has a male on it and the engine has the female, I want to take the assembly off the engine so I can get the seized thread out in the workshop instead of while it's attatched to the engine
Title: Re: Rev cable
Post by: dgyver on February 20, 2007, 05:01:49 AM
To remove the drive, remove the small screw and the drive pulls out. If you need another drive, I have a couple of them already removed.
Title: Re: Rev cable
Post by: Boris on February 20, 2007, 10:03:30 AM
Thanks, I pulled it out this afternoon and those 2 bits of metal have become one!
Thanks for the offer but as I'm in the UK I'll order one from the shop, I'm taking it thursday for new tyres so I'll get it then.
Title: Re: Rev cable
Post by: Affschnozel on February 20, 2007, 03:21:39 PM
Boris the Blade or the bullet dodger? :icon_lol: :thumb:
Title: Re: Rev cable
Post by: Boris on February 26, 2007, 12:14:14 PM
Actually the Boris in question is a dead dog :laugh:
Not so cool. Although I've not been shot yet so........
Title: Re: Rev cable
Post by: sledge on February 26, 2007, 02:18:09 PM
Boris the Blade?  hahahhah...... fookin` good movie  :laugh: