| Author | Message | ||
     Rabert |
Anybody had this happen to them? Any way to fix it? Thanks | ||
| Jos51700 |
Electronic or cable drive? If electronic (no cable driven from the front wheel hub), replace the sensor, found on the top RH side of the transmission area. It could possibly be the speedo head unit, but I've seen dozens of dead sensors, never a dead gauge. If cable drive, unthread one end or the other and look for broken inner cable (you can just pull it out of the housing, and if it's OK, just lube it and shove it back in, twisting to align the square "drive" ends when it's most of the way in). Again, it could be the speedo head or the drive hub, I've dozens of dead cables, and never dead hubs or gauges. (Message edited by jos51700 on March 01, 2008) | ||
| Ratbuell |
Robert - your profile says you have an S3, which should have an electronic speedometer. Chances are you can pull the sensor off the transmission and clean the metal shavings off the magnet, and it will work long enough for you to order a replacement sender.  If you have trouble finding the sender, look at the right side of your bike on top of the transmission (above the front belt sprocket). You'll see a black plastic..uhh..nipple looking thing that's held in by a tab and an allen bolt. 2 wires coming out. Remove the allen bolt, wiggle and remove the sender and unplug. There's a rubber O-ring seal on it too. Simple replacement...but you know that, because if you're working on a tuber, you own a shop manual...right?  | ||
| Rabert |
Thanks, will clean and get one on order. This is really a great forum. | ||
| Jos51700 |
Three wires, red white and black. And my '98 is cable drive, so.... Since it's an '01, it is electronic. '97 and '98 S3's had cabledrives, I think. | ||
| Mikej |
The older sensors were about $50, the newer updated sensor (if I recall correctly) came with some new wiring instructions to retrofit it to the "older" bikes. I think the newer sensor was about $75 last time I checked. Reepicheep has posted a retrofit to "fix" the old style of sensors. Old sensor is plug and play, newer sensor is a bit more involved the first time you install it. The last sensor I installed on the M2 is still working, or was the last time I rode the bike, so I don't have any first-hand experience upgrading to the newer style sensor. | ||
| Reepicheep |
If you can scare up a working old style sensor (which I doubt), we can figure out a filter to protect it. The easy solution is to just get the new part. It solves the problem. | ||
| Yo_barry |
All of the later model HDs fit. I picked one up at Sturgis HD last summer during the rally. Cable lengths for the different HD models are the variable. If you have your's off the S3, you can probably pick the best one at the local HD dealer. I used one that had a cable longer than I needed, but it fixed the speedo. Barry Hollister 2001 S3T | ||
| Skntpig |
Mine quit working so I threw it in the trash and cut off the hole and ground the mount clean. |
