CX500 GL500 650 Global

Well the parts are scheduled to arrive today for my tach cable replacement. I am doing the cable, front cam seal and tach drive seal along with a new fan. Any hints suggestions on how to take it apart without breaking anything?

Make sure you put the locking screw in for the cable before you attach the Fan etc.

Also use a 17mm wrench on the crank shaft through the inspection hole at the front of the engine to turn the engine when pushing the Tach drive into the engine.This will allow the drive to move into the engine by not fighting the the worm-screw.If you don't do this it's very difficult to get the tach drive in and you can damage it.Lightly tapping it with a Rubber mallet/rawhide mallet and turning the engine makes it easy.
Don't over-tighten the small M6 bolts.They are only supposed to have between 6/9 ftlbs torque.I use the knuckle of my wrench and socket and make them hard-hand tight.By not using the arm it's very hard to over-tighten them.
Put some grease inside the Fan before slipping it onto the shaft to make it easy to remove in future but use a bit of thread lock on the locking bolt.Again don;t over-tighten the fan locking bolt.

HTH

Thanks Shep. I actually got everything done in about 4 hours. I heated the tach gear housing like Larry recommends and the seal came right out. I had to tap it back into the motor though. The clearance is pretty tight. A little loctite and some easy pressure and I know the bolts wont be coming out. The hardest part was getting the darn radiator off. I ended up removing the fairing, fairing stay and engine guards. More time in disassembling other parts than my intended target. Now all I need is a new petcock and I am back in the saddle.

Glad it went well.It's one of those jobs you may never do again for another 25 years