The un reachable screw!!

wantser · Trackday Trickster Joined: 04 Oct 2004 Karma :

JESUS H CHRIST!

I am trying to change the Tacho cable on my CX and it is proving to be an absolute pain in the ass!
I currently have the radiator off, the fan housing, the thermostat, the exhaust, tank and clutch cable (was threaded through the side of the radiator) and I can still not get a screw driver at it!

I would rather not have to get the engine out.

Does anyone know an easy way to get at/undo this screw holding the base of the tacho cable in?

Any help would be mucho appreciated!

Ta

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True Blue · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Karma :

You got a picture of it handy?
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Right-angle screwdrivers have their uses. They are a pain in the arse to use but sometimes the only way.

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Visitor Q · $25 whore Joined: 30 Apr 2004 Karma :

Remember when derestricting the cbr, there was a screw about a foot and a half away from the only way to get in.

In halfrauds you can buy screwdrivers that long.

Which is nice.
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meooo · Nova Slayer Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Karma :

just a thought, cant you just feed the new inner cable through the outer? leaving everything else in place?

Odie · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Karma :

No you cannot just feed another cable through as the end at the engine has a larger do-dad on the end.
When you do get the screw out (which aint a problem with the right tools), change it for a bolt and feed it up from the bottom of the engine not the top.
Been there, done that, not much fun
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wantser · Trackday Trickster Joined: 04 Oct 2004 Karma :

Well in the end it was a case of getting a sharp punch and carefully tapping the top of the screw round to loosen it. Then it came out.
What an arsehole of a job!
Got a hack saw and "modified" the screw for putting it back. Now a long flat blade will get it everytime!!!

Cheers guys

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