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Posted by Varooom
 - June 06, 2010, 12:50:51 PM

You know, if you put the curved tube in a vice and straighten it a bit, it'll take the stress section and make the cable turn more freely.  Otherwise, have the dealer pull the std. cable and then a Mean Streak or others and compare length and the curved section.  I recall the others are longer too, allowing for greater radii in bendy sections.
Had mine replaced under warranty at 20,000 miles and, at 74,000, it's still doing fine.  Lubed the bottom when I changed the front tire last fall.
Varooom

Posted by 1999 Drifter
 - June 06, 2010, 09:51:51 AM

I've been looking at different posts and still don't know :'(
The threads commoming out of the hub of the front wheel is straight
the end of the cable that goes into that
has an aluminum casing with an upward bend
I'll have to order either the drifter cable or something better tomorrow, as I've already run out of gas once...lol
for others if your speedo brakes the auto shut of for the signals doesn't work either

Posted by Varooom
 - June 06, 2010, 08:56:48 AM

There is advice from Chief in these pages about using another model's cable.  It doesn't have the sharp turn behind the front wheel like the Drifter's does and that must lessen wear.  Look around and you'll find the part no.  I think it might have been the Mean Streak one.
Varooom

Posted by 1999 Drifter
 - June 06, 2010, 08:28:14 AM

my speedo cable 99 800 broke yesterday, should I be ordering a cable for a 99 1500 Nomad instead
Thanks in advance
99 drifter 800

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