Spedo drive cable bolt....

[psycoreefer]

Anyone know what size/thread the bolt that holds the speedo drive cable into the hub is? Mine must have fallen out along the road someplace and I don't want to have to take the whole front end into the hardware store to try and match it up.
Thanks!

[xschop]

IIRC

M6 x 1.0......?

[Crazcnuk]

I just replaced my cable today, with one that I bought off ebay. It came with the drive hub.

When I went to put it on, I found out it was wrong, in that mine does not use a bolt to hold the cable on Mine has the threaded nut on both ends.

The one that I bought was like the Virago, it has a 10mm head bolt that holds the cable on at the wheel.

I was not happy, until I looked at it and realized the hub that came with the cable would fit, and installed it with the cable!

I didn't realize there were different cable systems on different year XS's.

[bikerphil]

different speedo hubs

Standard uses thread on cable hub while Special uses bolt on cable hub.

[Crazcnuk]

Nifty.

Good news is, if you have the drive hub, they both fit.