At 05:01 PM 7/14/96 -0700, Lawrence A. Swift wrote:
>the tach on my 51td has stopped working. i believe the gearbox is ok and
>that the way the gearbox mates to the generator is broken; i unscrewed
>the fitting and discovered several small chunks of metal. can anyone
>tell me how the two mate? is there a key on one of the shafts? is there
>some sort of bushing that might have broken?
>
>thanks
>
>Larry Swift
The tachometer drive gear at the generator has a inner cable that is a part
of the gear that will break. That is probably the bits that you discovered.
Best bet is to replace the tach drive gearbox. I do not know of anyway to
repair them...maybe someone else has an idea.
Regards,
Hal
Hal Rogers
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