This part is of almost no significance. It's non-essential. It's mostly hidden. Yet, it's the difference between a good build and a great one. Let me back up a touch to explain:
When a bike is in it's 40's, it has gone through a gambit of personalities, and a lot of different owners. In the beginning it was an object of joy and admiration. Somewhere in the middle, it probably got laid down, broken in some parts, serviced by an idiot, and eventually stuck into a corner of somebody's garage. In the end, it rots away forgotten, until a nostalgic jackass decides to resurrect it.
In all of that time, there's 1 thing that happens, again and again and again - BROKEN STUDS IN CASES! Every bike I've ever bought (dozens and dozens of them) has had this same issue. Some dingus has overtightened the stud on the exhaust, the stud on the intake, etc, and it's broken off inside the case. Sometimes it's a simple matter of PB Blaster and a lot of elbow grease. Sometimes, however, you just have to drill it out and hope for the best. That's the last case scenario.
In this case, it was the mounting screws for the tachometer cable to the engine. One was broken off inside. It was a lost cause. It happens. It took 3 hours to get the machining right, to drill and tap it to perfection, at a new 1/4-20 size. We moved less than a gram of metal, less than 5 millimeters...
...and it made all the difference.
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