Tachometer Cable Install

Hi folks,

I got a tach cable to accompany my analog gauges, the guy before me had electronic ones and they were definitely not accurate. Plus I like the look of the originals anyways, but I digress.

I noticed when I try to install it into the top end, it doesn't go deep enough (1st pic). You should be able to see clear through so the retaining screw can go back in. When I take the inner cable out and test it, the housing seats just fine. The cable has this collar (2nd pic) that I assume ensures the inner cable doesn't move back and forth when installed. However, I think they assembled it too close to the end, and it bottoms out too soon. Hence causing the issue in picture 1.

My question is, can I remove this little collar and be good? I don't know if it is there to also keep the wire from sliding down into the bevel gears that measure the speed.

Is it the same distance from the end on the other end, the one going into the tach?

The tach end doesn't have the same collar, however if I try and pull the inner cable out and flip it around, too much sticks out where you can't screw the cable into the tach.

Hello.
Did you find a solution for this problem? Wrong cable or other? I have the same issue. Only more excessive. The square hole on the engine side is not very deep, and therefore wont fit with the collar at this end. If I flip the inner cable, then it can go in on the engine side, but is too long to fit in tachometer. Did you cut it to length?
Also the bike came without a cable, so nothing to compare against..

the little collar your talking about. I had the same problem. had ordered the wrong cable .I got a file and filed around the circumference of the collar .

if you look through the hole in your second pic you can see how much needs to come off