Ah, but Bud, the ORIGINAL assembly was with peened pins, like rivets.
The fact that you had machine screws in there means that someone had it
apart - for repair or whatever - and did not peen over the end of the
replacement screws or used Nylocks the way you are planning to. Only
those owners with "dismantled" tach drives are likely to have your
problem. Jarl
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Bud Krueger wrote:
>
> Hi T-listers,
> It was a beautiful day for motoring here in New England. Lazarus
> and I were out and enjoying it. All of a sudden the tachometer stopped
> working while cruising on the interstate at 60-65mph (love those 4.3
> gears). Cussed and fussed about the dad blasted tach cable all the way
> home. Gotta' buy the whole thing. Should be able to replace the inner
> cable, etc. A few minutes ago I discovered that the problem was in the
> tachometer gearbox. Well, not really in the gearbox. It seems that the
> nuts had fallen off of the two screws that hold the halves of the
> gearbox together and the gears were no longer meshing. Fortunately, the
> grease held things together well enough so as not to have lost anything
> (except the nuts). Tomorrow they'll be replaced by a couple of elastic
> stop nuts. If you haven't checked yours recently -- you might check them
> before you head to Plymouth for the NEMGTR GOF. You are coming. Aren't
> you?
>
> Bud Krueger
> 52TD
> Plymouth, Mass.
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