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Help! Loose Screw Making Planecrazy Plain Crazy!!

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All interesting suggestions -- thanks!

I think, in light of the risk of glass grit getting into the gauge I will probably try the "cut the ring off and epoxy it" trick. Having the other gauge to practice with will be a plus, of course.

Watch for an update this winter.

Thanks again,
Steve 8)
 
I have taken my gauges (3 of them) from two different bikes apart and repaired them. I pried the metal flange back with a screwdriver and then used pliers to bend the flange back all around the gauge. After doing the repair work, I bent the flange back and put it back into the housing. You can't tell that I worked on it.

Terry
 
the screw on the face of my tach fell off tonight...... *shakes head* this bike.. is going to keep me busy forever :-)
 
I'm with The Nose.

You can pry around the back of the metal retaining band (that holds the glass onto the housing) and get the glass off. I had to make a fine cut on the bottom of the metal band to get the prying going, then it was easy to loosen it up with a screwdriver. With the metal band crimped back in place and the speedo back in the housing you can't tell that it's been worked on.
 
Same problem 82 1100G

Same problem 82 1100G

Anyone know how this saga turned out. Pry it out, cut around and epoxy, or drill the glass?

I just started another thread, but also found this thread.

Kevin
 
Answer - Pry it off

Answer - Pry it off

Well I could not leave well enough alone so I started to pry the metal rim off with a small screwdriver. All went well. Got the glass off and put back the screw.

Used a pair of plyers to re-crimp the rim back on.

After it was put back together, you can not tell is was ever taken off.

It was sort of like opening a can of tunafish with my swiss army knife, but it worked.

Another example of this great site.

Kevin
 
I did the same thing on both my 450 gauges; pried the metal band off with a screwdriver. To crimp back down I used a small drift and hammer. Takes a while to work your way around the bezel but the band crimped down nice and tight and there are no plyer marks on the front face of the bezel. Works great.

Ed
 
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...and ironically, I uncrimped the metal ring on my "practice" gauge just last week, Jeff!

I WILL properly fix the good one soon!

Regards,
 
'83 850l

'83 850l

I took a compass and made a complete, even circle around roughly the middle of my tach (same principle); then put it in a vice protected with a towel, and carefully sawed my way all the way around. After troubleshooting, oiling, and cleaning up as best I could the white plastic shavings that got inside, I put it back in the vice, matched up the halves, and used metal repair tape to carefully seal it back together.

This is similar, if not the same as the Getting Inside Your Guages post. With the black plastic sleeve back on, and the guage reinstalled, it's an invisible repair. Well worth a try too, since a new tach is over $250 (speedo discontinued).
 
Planecrazy said:
...and ironically, I uncrimped the metal ring on my "practice" gauge just last week, Jeff!

I WILL properly fix the good one soon!

Regards,
Click to expand...

Two years! Steve, you need a vacation...:lol:
 
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