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Message started by beacon on 11/27/11 at 14:21:51

Title: Capping off speedo cable outlet
Post by beacon on 11/27/11 at 14:21:51

I'm not using the speedo cable and want to close off the outlet on the engine. Has anyone done this and if so where did you find a screw-on cap for the outlet?

Title: Re: Capping off speedo cable outlet
Post by verslagen1 on 11/27/11 at 15:03:44

I saw this just this morning and wondered if it would fit...
http://www.mikesxs.net/parts/img250/51-6514.jpg
scroll down to the bottom of the page
http://www.mikesxs.net/products-46.html#products

and I saw this too...
http://www.mikesxs.net/parts/img250/01-9023.jpg

Title: Re: Capping off speedo cable outlet
Post by Oldfeller on 11/27/11 at 15:08:57

We've been looking for that for years & years now -- question is "Does it fit" correctly?

Title: Re: Capping off speedo cable outlet
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 11/27/11 at 15:15:24

A caliper & a thread gauge & a phone call..

Title: Re: Capping off speedo cable outlet
Post by Oldfeller on 11/27/11 at 15:22:17

Some brave person will order one and post if it works correctly.

Title: Re: Capping off speedo cable outlet
Post by teabowl13 on 11/27/11 at 20:06:29

If you aren't going to use the speedo cable anyway, wouldn't it make sense to just cut the cable, and remove the connector? Then you could cut a small piece of metal/plastic to fit inside and plug up the hole and re-install it. As long as you have the seal in there, I think it would work well, and it should look pretty clean...

Title: Re: Capping off speedo cable outlet
Post by Oldfeller on 11/27/11 at 21:06:23

The seal works against the cable, and it is not necessary if you are just capping off with the cap as shown.

Chopping off the cable to use the seal to keep the chopped cable from leaking ignores the fact it would be sorta aborted and ugly.

Leaking or missing seals (fell off when you took the cable out and got lost in the grass) have been an issue for years -- we have coped by using the "O" ring trick because the only way to buy a seal from Suzuki was to buy an entire new cable and that was too too expensive for anyone to consider since the "O" ring was less than a buck.

Folks who are doing these RYCA mods are very concerned over how things LOOK .... If it don't look right they ain't gonna do it.

Title: Re: Capping off speedo cable outlet
Post by teabowl13 on 11/27/11 at 23:43:15

I didn't mean to leave the chopped off cable in the cap. You're right, that would look pretty silly sticking out of the crank case.
What I meant was to cut the cable and remove the cap by itself; using something to plug the remaining hole...
Can you picture that? I hope I am being clear.
Cheers!

Title: Re: Capping off speedo cable outlet
Post by dasch on 11/28/11 at 00:16:22

I used a chrome piece I found on a broken kitchen faucet. Capped with rubber insert. Not sure about the measure, but even here water fittings and threads are in inches. It fits perfectly and it looks... exactly like two smaller fittings on top of the faucet:

http://images.ceneje.si/products/thumbnails/ImageHomePageZoomed/cro-armal-kuhinjska-armat-dvorocna-949047_1024x768.jpg

Title: Re: Capping off speedo cable outlet
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 11/28/11 at 05:27:14

Just haul the cable assembly down to a hardware store & see what you can find. Or, hack the cable, build a plug & go. That would be the certain answer, mite save time & have a salable item by not cutting & building,

Title: Re: Capping off speedo cable outlet
Post by MotoBuddha on 11/28/11 at 07:27:42

092A2220232A2A2334460 wrote:

Folks who are doing these RYCA mods are very concerned over how things LOOK .... If it don't look right they ain't gonna do it.

To make it look RIGHT, the proper solution would be to mill the speedo threads off the crankcase, then press in an insert and mill it flush. ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Capping off speedo cable outlet
Post by dasch on 11/28/11 at 07:47:51

I agree, that'da be done right! All right. Or cut it flush, cut an inside thread, screw in a cap of some sort... Possibilities are endless... even weld a plug and grind flush... Just fantasizing...

Title: Re: Capping off speedo cable outlet
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 11/28/11 at 09:22:07

imaginations gone wild,, Id try real hard to not let that turn into a science project.

Title: Re: Capping off speedo cable outlet
Post by dasch on 11/28/11 at 10:41:17

hahaha, then go get that broken faucet, darn it!!!

Title: Re: Capping off speedo cable outlet
Post by wombat on 11/28/11 at 14:32:07

Contacted Mike's and they say the cap is 14.5mm. Ours is more like 16mm. Too bad.

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