SPEEDO GLASS SIZE
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SPEEDO GLASS SIZE
hI folks anyone know the correct glass size for the speedo please, mine was missing and the rubber trim is damaged , thank you, it is a late war MB.
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Re: SPEEDO GLASS SIZE
Measured on a glass removed from a SW Speedometer that I have restored a while ago (viewtopic.php?t=247961)
3.490'inches or 88.7mm
Thickness 1/8'' or 3.2mm
It was the same size in the K-S speedometer.
Yves
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Re: SPEEDO GLASS SIZE
Thank you so much, I will get a replacement ordered.
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Re: SPEEDO GLASS SIZE
Just added the thickness while you were writing
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Re: SPEEDO GLASS SIZE
Cheers bud I've 89 by 2mm, is the bonded to the rubber seal at all.
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Re: SPEEDO GLASS SIZE
With a thickness of 2mm, It's gone be easier to crimp the ring, but take care of using good gaskets.
Rubber seal on top of two cardboard gaskets will do the job.
In the past they were using asphalt
If you don't have a special equipment to crimp the bezel, do it like this :
Put the speedometer under pressure while gradually crimping the ring all around using a wooden stick. I use a bamboo stick !
Gradually increase the crimping angle.
It will be almost perfect
Yves
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Re: SPEEDO GLASS SIZE
Here how it goes with the gaskets:
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Re: SPEEDO GLASS SIZE
Thanks you've been a great help, exceptional work on yours by the way.
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