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250 c.c. O.H.V. TWIN

CYLINDER SCOOTER

CHANGING SPEEDOMETER OR SPEEDOMETER CABLE

If it is necessary at any time to change the speedometer head or the cable, the following procedure.,

should be adopted. When the cable is to be-replaced, disconnect the cable at the rear-brake drum underneath
the swinging arm by unscrewing the outer casing union nut and pull the inner cable out of mesh .with the drive.
When only the head is to be changed it is only necessary to remove the cable clips to obtain
sufficient slack in the cable for the instrument panel to be lifted up:

Take out the headlamp screw and lift the headlamp up off the lip on the top of the nacelle and disconnect the

leads by turning the black bakelite ring in an anti-clockwise direction. Pull out the parking light bulb

and place the rim and reflector on one side. .Now take out the two bolts holding the handlebar shroud
and windscreen, when this is fitted and lift

the windscreen and shroud clear of the handlebars.

Slacken off the two screws holding the twist grip and remove the front brake and clutch cables from the

levers on the handlebars by pulling out the outer casing and releasing the nipple from the lever: Take out
the two screws holding the dipper switch and horn button to the left-hand side of the handlebar.

When all the cables are clear of the bars, slacken off the pinch-bolt on the handlebar and undo the two

Large nuts on the top of fork column. Lift the handlebars from the forks, then slide the twist grip off the
; end

of the bar and place the handlebars to one side. Lift the steering stop plate off the, fork column

and take out the two screws at each side of the instrument panel these being just underneath the panel in the
rear portion, of the leg shield.

With a Phillips screwdriver take out the two small Phillips screws in the centre of the ignition and lighting

switches and lift the two knobs off the switches. Then undo the two square nuts securing the switches to the
panel and push the switches through to the underside of the panel.

The instrument panel can now be lifted up and by twisting slightly can be worked cleat of the steering-,,,, lock

plate on the back of the steering head tube. It will only be necessary to obtain sufficient clearance to get at the
speedometer cable union nut.

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Unscrew the nut and pull the inner cable clear of the- speedometer head.

When the cable is to be re-placed, the old one should be drawn out and the replacement threaded through, then

recoupled to the speedometer and reassembly can proceed.

If the speedometer head is to be changed, unscrew the nut holding the bracket on the underside of the

speedometer

head, take off the bracket together with the speedometer bulb and lift the speedometer head up

through the top of the panel. The replacement head is then fitted in the reverse manner, but care should be

taken to see that the bracket is positioned in such a way that the bulb will illuminate the speedometer

through the small panel in the speedometer head.

Re-assembly

Having fitted the replacement speedometer head or the cable, refit the ignition switches by screwing on

the square nuts, making sure that the switches are correctly located in the D shaped holes, and if any of the
cables have been pulled through the steering aperture in the panel, make sure that they are replaced ready
for the panel to be lowered into position. Now ease the panel down over the steering head stop plate