Good to know thanks (: So I've been trying to find more info on the tensioner spring and the closest I've come to anything helpful was someone wrote about the Mcmaster-carr part number 9433k39 working for them. I'm just worried about long term, does anyone know how close this is to the original OEM spring tensioner?
On Sunday, September 9, 2012 7:32:52 PM UTC-4, Kyle Munz wrote: > > I replaced the gauge cluster on mine because the LCDs had died and the > plastic was cracked. I didn't bother matching the odometer. I figure on a > bike that old I'll just tell whoever buys it that it's been swapped out. > I believe the '85 had an upgraded spring for the tensioner, so you might > look into grabbing that one. > > -Kyle > > > On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Gibs <[email protected] > <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Hey so I found this guy parting out an 83 NH 650 and according to him the >> instrument panel is in excellent shape he offered it to me for $50 (which >> if it's in as nice shape as he says I can prob sell on ebay for around $100 >> if I change my mind anyways). I wanted to get this because of the faded >> (not totally gone) lcd displays on mine. Is this totally compatible with >> the 85'? I know the main difference is just the numbering, on the 83 its >> increments of 10 whereas the 85' has it in 5s. Is this a mistake or would >> it totally be fine if I switch em out? Also if I do switch it out, how do >> you match the odo numbers? From what he said this one had only like 9K >> miles on it. >> >> Oh and BTW this guy has a recovered seat in good condition that he was >> willing to sell for $50 FYI I was thinking of getting it but I figured I'll >> just recover mine. He told me the motor blew so if theres any specific >> parts your looking for that may still be good on the bike I can get you his >> number its about 40-60 miles south of buffalo, NY. I was also thinking of >> taking the cam chain tensioner from it to replace mine if the price was >> right, does that sound like too much, or should I just stick to trying to >> replace the spring tensioner part? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. >> >> >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US.
