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bobthebuilder:
Hi. Guys, Anyone out there know how to get into speedo on my KO. Have been busy working on the KO project , and slowly getting it ship shape, but driving me nuts all the little things that need sorted along with major work, glass inside speedo has marks but cant work out how to get the glass of to clean it any ideas???
Hope some one can help.
Bobthebuilder aka Jock
colin400four:
Hi Bobthebuilder,
I restored my own speedo and rev counter on my 400/4 and they were a right B'stard to do. Get them off the bike ( Pic 1 ) and then remove the chrome backing cases ( Pic 2 ) . Then comes the hard part, At the base of each clock there is a chromed steel ring which at the factory was pressed into place, Bit by bit you have to prise this ring up all which when done releases the black outa shell.
Thespeedo is harder to do then the rev counter because you have the added pleasure of removing the milometer re set knob
http://www.cb400f.btinternet.co.uk/speedo.htm This link may prove usfull to you , It did for me.
Then when you hace stripped them down, cleaned them and maybe re painted the shells in a nice new black, You have to slowly force that sealing ring down/back into place without slipping off and gouging your fine new paint work ( which yes I did and had to start all over again ... The air was blue!!!
COLIN.
colin400four:
Sorry,
Here is the 1st pic
COLIN.
colin400four:
And the end result, I wanted to use vinyl overlays on the faces of the clocks but try as I might, I could not get the 2 little screws undone to release the clock faces. Sealed with loctite I think!. They were in not bad shape but the red line had faded and also the needle tips, I made do with painting the red line with a pot of paint from B&Q.
I was pleased with the result anyway, and they looked ten times better than the scratched and faded clocks the I started with.
COLIN.
rigwit:
Nice job colin......look like showroom condition. nice one
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