coozer
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| posted on 27/2/12 at 03:59 PM |
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Securing Gauges?
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
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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fesycresy
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| posted on 27/2/12 at 04:19 PM |
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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?
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britishtrident
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| posted on 27/2/12 at 04:44 PM |
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 27/2/12 at 05:17 PM |
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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]
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Richard.
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maccmike
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| posted on 27/2/12 at 06:49 PM |
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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.
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maccmike
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| posted on 27/2/12 at 06:51 PM |
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sorry just read guage doesnt have fixings in back, you would have to split guage, drill and add screws.
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blakep82
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| posted on 27/2/12 at 07:23 PM |
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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
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coozer
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| posted on 27/2/12 at 07:33 PM |
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Ok, they do have screws on the back but no bracket, how crap is that!
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 27/2/12 at 07:36 PM |
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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
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maccmike
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| posted on 27/2/12 at 09:05 PM |
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make the bracket
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rb968
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| posted on 27/2/12 at 09:35 PM |
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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
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coozer
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| posted on 29/2/12 at 01:45 PM |
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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
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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loggyboy
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| posted on 29/2/12 at 01:54 PM |
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Exellent and simple solution.
Go for oil temp while your at it!
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RK
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| posted on 29/2/12 at 11:31 PM |
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Making ally brackets for that should be easy!
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