speedo drive 750SF '72
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RoGo60
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Thanks, found them at Gijs van Dijk, last year he didn't have these but have them again on stock, expensive, but no choice.
piranha-bro2
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RoGo60 said:
Expensive, but how often have you/do you need to buy them? We are just very fukken lucky that there are people out there who have put the effort into keeping supplies of parts for these old beasts available. Piet was right, once again!
Gijs was the man.Happy riding!
Piranha Brother 2 said:Expensive, but how often have you/do you need to buy them? We are just very fukken lucky that there are people out there who have put the effort into keeping supplies of parts for these old beasts available. Piet was right, once again!
Happy riding!
Some people go through them like they grow on trees, Quentin!
A mate managed to mash 3 gear sets before I found the speedo was the real culprit. Apparently, a set of internal gears in the instrument drive wear to the point that one gear "rides" up on the other and almost jams the whole plot. This causes just enough friction at the wheel drive to over-stress the gears, but not enough to shear the drive cable.
Anyway, I sent the offending speedo to be repaired, but it was returned in just about the same condition as I had sent it off, only a little prettier. Tell-tale was by turning the drive input with a small screwdriver, after about 3-4 revolutions, the drive would bind. Back it off half a turn, all would be OK for the next 3-4 turns. Unfortunately, the Instrument "expert" wasn't at all co-operative and it took another attempt and a lot of threatening to finally get it operating properly. Needless to say, this guy is not on my Christmas card list...
So, the moral is, if you experience multiple drive failures, chances are, the speedo itself is at fault!
piet
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Yes, I agree, it's difficult to convince customers that it's the best way to order parts but most of my customers have now become really good at it and really like the fact that they get the correct part so with so much less angst. And they can often see the photo of the part before they purchase it.sfcpiet said:
https://damclassicracing.com.au/categories/download-files/parts-manuals.html
It takes many hours to scan, and prepare the files for download and I haven't got them all done yet but it a work in progress. I'll get to the Workshop Repair Manuals when the parts books are finished.
Dellortoman
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Greg Parish said:
Your parts website is looking good Greg, and you've built up quite an inventory. Good effort.
It's definitely helpful and reassuring to customers to have photos of the parts. When ordering on-line, people like to see what they're getting.