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After the wonderfull "havensteden tocht" on 14 October I had driven
home with a refusing, and less and less functioning speedometer. The
speed was indicated firstly 'about', but after a while the needle was
a dancing derwish pointing between 0 up to over 200, and down and up.
Halfway between Bolsward and Ede the dial and the white numbers on
the counter became more blacker and blacker. With estamatid speed
guessed from the revolution counter I drove home.
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 ... dail and white numbers ... |
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Without a functional kilometre meter one is not alowwed to drive in
the Netherlands. It is also not clever, because before you know it
you pass a speedtrap, and that cost you generally more than another
kilometre meter. Thus the old meter was removed from the "Blue Angel".
I disassembler the headlight housing, and searched between the wires
for the correct nuts and connection. But as a first the cable of the
revolution counter and the cable of the speedometer meter were loosened.
Followed by the nuts that kept the meterset at his place.
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 ... cable of the speedometer ... |
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Nearly all plugs and wires which lay inside the head lamp cowl, and
there are a lot of them, had to be taken from their holders. After that
the nuts followed that kept the those meters at their place on the smal
subframe. Now the tellers could be loosened. But still I could not
remove the meters of the frame. Also the frontplate had to come loose.
At last I had the faulty meter in my hand.
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 ... remove the meters ... |
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Now it's borken, I want to know what there is inside that meter. Thus
the chromed edge was from the pale blue meter housing wrested. It went
rather simple, also because that edge had not been pushed firmly.
Perhaps already earlier loosend? Your never can tell. The axel of the
tripmeter zero setting I did not got separated, but the thing is
broken anyway, therefore..CRACK.. now it was loose. Two small nuts to
the back were the last what hold the innerside in it's place. And
there, under an thick black metal substance, the axels and cocks sat
which were once a good kilometre meter. After I had most of the substance
removed it was clear what was worn out in the inside of the meter, and
now, after more than 100 kilometres driving, totally busted.
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 ... inside of the meter ... |
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I considered that I had to go in search for a new, or anyway a another,
meter. The bullitin board of
Dutch Honda CX-V club was
the most suitable place. But firstly I got the meterset of the
"Red Rascal" loose, and placed these on the "Blue Angel". All wires
and connectoren took place their in the blue headlamp cowl. Now I had
CX in (legally) riding order.
But the shopping list for new parts for the "Red Rascal" has grown with again one more item..... | |
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Part II Now everything is fitting in each other, nothing held me back to catch in the morning the motor to work. A halve hour, or even less, and in the afternoon nicely relaxed returning. But after two days it went wrong..... | |
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Entirely wrapped up, it was 5 degrees above zero, I stepped onto the
motor. The "Blue Angel" behaves himself neatly, and starts without a
problem. Street, go around the corner, and a quick sways to Joke, and
there we go. But scarcely 400 meters further I look once quick on the
meter which I have put in there. And my satisfied smiles about a job good done
flies immediately, because the meter does not do it! My first idea
is: cable loose. And if I had been much further, oh, then I had kept
on driving. But now I returned. Behind the house, and rapidly I had the
head lamp loosened, and see the cable sits perfect into the meter. Is
the cable broken?, I ask myself. The cable is loosened rapidly and is
quickly tested. But the innercable cannot be pulled loose, or even be
distorted. I'm not happy, there is something different wrong. But now
I do not have enough time, it had to wait until this afternoon.
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That afternoon I first must find an impact-screwdriver. Because the
first screw which I want to turn, the one that secures the kilometre
meter cable, is stuck. Eventually I succeeds at "the Edese IJzerwaren",
but it is an haevy attack on my budget. But well, such a thing goes
along for years.
Now I can get loose the lock screw, and also the one on the "Red Rascal". The set on the "Rakker" will serve as an example, because the last time everything there worked fine. | |
 ... impact driver ... |
 ... lock screw ... |
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After I loosend the cable, I can turn the inner cable by hand. I
seems to work normally. The problem is deeper. To look further I
place a jack under the engine. So the front wheel is lifted, and
I can turn the wheel around. But the axel in the speedometer
gear-housing doesn't turn around! So I have to take out the frontwheel.
The gearhousing gets free, and I can move the exit axel, but it goes
very heavy. The problem not found yet. I check with "Peters", and
there I find something. The drive pin, between wheel and gearset, looks
a bit wrinkled. I pull it out and clean it up.
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 ... a bit wrinkled ... |
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I check with the trusty old "Rascal" That drive pin is bend a little,
but not a much as the one from the "Angel" Is this repaireble? I hope
it is, and after some effective violence with a pair of pliersI have
a new-looking drive-pin. Now I take most of the old grease out the
speedometer gear-housing and place the drive-pin back with new grease.
Next is the front wheel, and when that is in place I check the axel
for the speedometer. It workt, that's good. Next step is fitting the
cable, and chek at the meter itself. The '100-meter' dial moves a
bit when I turn the wheel by hand. Succes? Sure! After I've placed
all the nuts and bolds back, and there nothing left anymore, it's time
for a short test ride. And it works! A slight 'ting'-sound from the
brake dics gives me what worries, but by resetting the nuts on the
brake the sound disappeares. And oddly enough, the "Blue Angel" doesn't
pulls to the left as much as it did before.
Maybe it's not such a bad machine afterall, this "Blue Angel"....... Misschien wordt het toch nog wat met deze "Engel"....... | |
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