Removing gauge glass

[bikerphil]

Fred, I've seen that done somewhere too, with the heat shrink.

This is the weatherstripping I used. I cut off one of the raised sections but left the base part below it. Then just peel off the paper exposing the sticky tape and wrap it around the guage leaving the gap on the bottom. The outer shell will compress the round portion of the rubber leaving a nice even seal. I painted it black after it had been compressed.

http://www.homedepot.com/Tools-Hardw...atalogId=10053

[jetmechmarty]

I've seen photos (on this list? CRS is a pain) of Yamaha gauges held into their buckets with short lengths of giant shrink sleeve to serve in place of those unfindable dampers.

Fred,

You saw that at XS650 Garage USA. PAMCOPETE posted it. It's not an easy site to search. I tried and gave up after a brief search.

[clcorbin]

I've taken the bezel off mine speedo twice and it isn't THAT bad! you DO have to be careful and the paint opener works great. You have go around it several times, lifting the lip a bit more each pass so you don't stretch it out too much. Putting it back together is a pain, but it is entirely possible to close it back up and have it look COMPLETELY stock.

ZERO marks on the outside of the housing. There will be some scratches on the flange, but this is covered by the gasket and the housing, so you can't see it anyway once everything is put together.

One note: you only want to pull that flange open just enough to pop the bezel off. The more you open it up, the more you work harden the metal where you are bending it. If it gets hard enough, it will crack when you bend it back closed.

In short, it can be done, but it does take a bit of time and concentration to do it right. I would guess that it took me about an hour to carefully open it up the first time and maybe 30 minutes to close it all up. Not too bad.

[Rasputin]

This may be the one you guys are talking about with the heat shrink?
http://xs650temp.proboards.com/index...5&page=1#39501

[jetmechmarty]

650 Garage

That's the one! It needs to be a tech tip on here.