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Old Nov 29, 2019 | 12:03 PM
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I can't seem to get the Speedo drive gear off the cable. I've unscrewed the cable and set screw but still won't come off. Any ideas?


 
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Old Nov 29, 2019 | 02:51 PM
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sometimes the cable becomes welded to the drive - this happens if the ground is loose under the bike to the trans its a flat strap affair not a cable

don't know what your doing or what happened but a needle nose plyers and force it up and out sometimes works
 
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sometimes the cable becomes welded to the drive - this happens if the ground is loose under the bike to the trans its a flat strap affair not a cable

don't know what your doing or what happened but a needle nose plyers and force it up and out sometimes works
Thanks I'll give it a try.
 
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the outer cable screws in to the drive
 
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I unscrewed the outer but i just can't get the cable out of the drive. Can I disassemble the drive gear?
 
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no they destroy them selves doing that
 
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patience.......go have a beer and come back to it ........always works for me
 
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put the drive in a vice, put vice grips on the cable and hit the vice grips with a hammer,outwards
 
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