Mikes tach cable

[weekendrider]

Recently had a tach cable break. I replaced it with one of Mikes cables (received from a private sale).
The tach would work ok for a short time then the needle would start an erratic bumping.
Removing at the base coupling I could move it back up and it would engage the tach drive again and then fall back down after a while. So I pulled another oem cable to compare.
Flushed at the top end Mikes is a 1/4 inch shorter. You are looking at the broke cable, Mikes and the intact oem.

I don't have a cable stretcher so I needed a way to block/shim Mikes so it would stay in the tach.
A quick look round I found some left over brake line. This may work.
The OD is close and the ID a snug fit over the cable. A 3/8" spacer cut and fitted.

Back in business. Tomorrow I'll run it some to see if it will stay in place.

 

[TwoManyXS1Bs]

Looks like that'll work. The brass shoulder looks like it's fitted backwards. The shoulder limits the cable's depth into the drive socket, and is the reference point for cable measurements...

 

[weekendrider]

A 25 mile circle, it stayed in place with no jumpy tach readings so the the spacer seems to have worked.
I was not "easy" on it so it had opportunity to fail.
This is from the hi-way to the driveway with the "redneck" Go-Mo.