Try slowly rotating the wheel while attaching the cable at the wheel. Odds are that it didn't mesh when you reinstalled it, so the cable ends is sitting on top of the gear, not turning. This would also explain why the screw didn't want to hold it in place.
And welcome to the group! Kurt On Nov 2, 2014 12:39 PM, "Robin Dean" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all. New(ish) member, here. I'm faced with a speedometer issue. > > In short, I replaced my wife's tires recently on a '97 Nighthawk 250 and > after putting the front wheel back on, I discovered re-fastening the speedo > cable to be more tedious than expected. The speedometer is no longer > functioning. The screw by the front brake doesn't want to hold it in, > either. > > What tips do you guys suggestion when putting everything back together? > Namely, what are the pitfalls and target items to eyeball? > > I'll look harder at everything tomorrow based on what's presented here so > far but thought to ask for an itemized approach. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
