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I noticed my tach was sticking so I took it apart. Pry the flange so the glass will come out and everything else comes out with a screwdriver. I found soft sponge rubber inside it had deteriorated and gotten stuck to the axle of the instrument's needle. I put it back together and it was still stuck after a couple of days.
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Electronic stores usually have lubricant that won't damage electronic parts. The inside of the tach is full of transistors and like parts. The black paint of the dial dissolved when I used carb cleaner so I had to repaint the dial green but, it looks really good.
The local bike shop can't find a good replacement tach so I think $10 is worth it for this part. I sprayed about the whole can through the hole in the back of the tach. [The spray comes with a small plastic tube.] After about a week the needle started working again.
This is also good. I searched everywhere for a brake rotor and had to salvage one from the dump in Stanton, California. Everybody said they were not available. Merriam Cycles I noticed this place now has high performance rotors to fit xs1100.
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Electronic stores usually have lubricant that won't damage electronic parts. The inside of the tach is full of transistors and like parts. The black paint of the dial dissolved when I used carb cleaner so I had to repaint the dial green but, it looks really good.
The local bike shop can't find a good replacement tach so I think $10 is worth it for this part. I sprayed about the whole can through the hole in the back of the tach. [The spray comes with a small plastic tube.] After about a week the needle started working again.
This is also good. I searched everywhere for a brake rotor and had to salvage one from the dump in Stanton, California. Everybody said they were not available. Merriam Cycles I noticed this place now has high performance rotors to fit xs1100.