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Securing Gauges?
coozer - 27/2/12 at 03:59 PM

I have a few gauges I've just bought that are bigger than the normal 52mm jobs and dont have any fixings to hold then in from the back.

How does one go about making them secure after one has drilled the hole in th dash (carbon fibre)??

Steve

fesycresy - 27/2/12 at 04:19 PM

Could you push the gauge in tight and then fix a jubilee clip on the back, perhaps a packer on the one side to oval it and give you two pinch points?

britishtrident - 27/2/12 at 04:44 PM

Elasticband ?

MakeEverything - 27/2/12 at 05:17 PM

Take tha gauge apart and put a bolt in the back then make a bracket from that as normal.

[Edited on 27-2-12 by MakeEverything]

maccmike - 27/2/12 at 06:49 PM

do what you do with other guages.. make that _/ shaped piece of metal. The upper 2 ends push the back of the dash and the bottom flat bit screws to the guage, woud be easy to fashion one.

maccmike - 27/2/12 at 06:51 PM

sorry just read guage doesnt have fixings in back, you would have to split guage, drill and add screws.

blakep82 - 27/2/12 at 07:23 PM

jubilee clips with a few little bits on metal bent to an L shape to hold against the back of the dash sounds good to me

coozer - 27/2/12 at 07:33 PM

Ok, they do have screws on the back but no bracket, how crap is that!

rusty nuts - 27/2/12 at 07:36 PM

Bit late I know but it's better to measure twice and cut once. How about using a couple of discs to sandwich the dash , nicely turn ally perhaps

maccmike - 27/2/12 at 09:05 PM

make the bracket

rb968 - 27/2/12 at 09:35 PM

They look like the swoosh gauges I used. I made two L shaped brackets from flat ali strip. Curved them to follow the sides of the gauge then with the gauge in between I araldited them to the back of the dash. Secured with a jubilee clip as already described.

Rich

coozer - 29/2/12 at 01:45 PM

Bit of a eureeka moment after enlarging the holes, popped the gauges in. Thinking of using jubille clips goes to the drawer and theres a bit of silicone hose that the gauges sit very snug in..

So trims a couple slices off, pops them in and tightening the clips squeezes the silicone enough to pull them in nice and hard.

Job done!



Might get another one for oil pressure.. that was my original intension but for some reason I selected water temp and volts.. never mind!



Cheers,
Steve

loggyboy - 29/2/12 at 01:54 PM

Exellent and simple solution.

Go for oil temp while your at it!

RK - 29/2/12 at 11:31 PM

Making ally brackets for that should be easy!