Re: [ST] Tach dead

[Bil Swartz <bil@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, John Petrey, Jr. wrote:

> I washed my ST this wknd with fairing lowers & mid off for the first time. 
> This morning on the way to work tach was reading erratically, jumping 
> constantly 200-300 rpm around 2 grand while it was really spinning at 
> around 4500. Then it just sank to the peg.

Did you loose the speedo/odo too?  But the lights are on?  
In my case it turned out that the magnet in the speedo drive had siezed
up, too many power washings by previous owner and never re-lubbed.  If
this is what you suspect, drop the front wheel off, pry the magnet out
with a small flatblade if it's stuck, and clean all that up and lube with
some white lithium grease.

Hope it helps,

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