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03/09/11 at 11:23:35
 
My buddy Jud and I are building two RYCA CS-1 Cafe Racers.  We recently took off the tanks, swingarms, and rear hubs to ship to RYCA.  When we disconnected the speedo cables, we noticed his had no seal at the bottom of the cable, but mine did.  I assume the previous owners of his bike sorta lost the seal.  Yesterday I tried to get another seal at the local Suzy dealer, but he couldn't find the seal in his parts diagrams.  

Where can I get one of these seals?

Thanks for any info.
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Reply #1 - 03/09/11 at 11:34:00
 
Not available as a separate item.

use an o-ring
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Reply #2 - 03/09/11 at 11:38:33
 
Probably would have to order the whole speedo cable, eh?

On another subject, I tried to attach a pic (56kb) to my original post, and I kept getting error messages saying it was too large.  What am I missing here?
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Reply #3 - 03/09/11 at 11:42:00
 
can't upload pic's to the site anymore, it's full.

info linked in other post.
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Reply #4 - 03/09/11 at 11:46:50
 
As said, buy an off the shelf rubber O-ring ... or try some teflon tape. Look under the starter ... I lost one of the Speedo cable seal rings under there once when I pulled the cable and the darn ring popped out! A minute to remove the the starting motor and retrieve the ring!
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Reply #5 - 03/10/11 at 17:36:39
 
I found a place that sells these seals.  They aren't Suzuki parts, but they are the correct size and material.  

They will sell them for about $5.00 each plus shipping, which should be minimal.

They will sell a minimum of ten at a time.  If there are 8 of you here that want these things, I'll order a batch of ten.

This is the proper (and long lasting way) to stop the oil leak at the place where the speedo cable joins the transmission case.
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Reply #6 - 03/10/11 at 18:28:07
 
the yellow tape works prettry well - I'd take 2 seals if you can ship them with a postage stamp

some lost speed o seals hide under the starter - as most still don't cover this black hole with a shop towel before they start work on the bike
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Reply #7 - 03/10/11 at 18:30:56
 
Reelthing wrote on 03/10/11 at 18:28:07:
the yellow tape works prettry well - I'd take 2 seals if you can ship them with a postage stamp

some lost speed o seals hide under the starter - as most still don't cover this black hole with a shop towel before they start work on the bike


Excellent.  That's four of the ten now.  Six more seals and were in there!
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Reply #8 - 03/10/11 at 18:50:32
 
I'm in for 2.
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Reply #9 - 03/10/11 at 18:51:51
 
I'll take one
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Reply #10 - 03/10/11 at 21:14:12
 
one here as well
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Reply #11 - 03/11/11 at 06:00:14
 
That's eight so far!!  I'll be going by the supplier on Tuesday.  Two more and we'll have enough for a minimum buy.  Anymore than that will be gravy.

I wonder if I should get any extra, for the near future.

I also wonder if there are any other "strange" seals that aren't stocked by Suzuki that these folks might have.

I wonder if they have any headderswedders (exhaust wrap).   Wink

 
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Reply #12 - 03/11/11 at 11:55:10
 
would there be a better price for quantity?
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Reply #13 - 03/11/11 at 12:17:46
 
I'm interested in getting any seals you come up with on a group gig.  Thanks love the team spirit on this site.  Salute!
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Reply #14 - 03/11/11 at 12:32:12
 
verslagen1, I'll query the guy about a quantity price.
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