[april2007]

Face of my GL500 speedometer lost one screw. Anybody figure ou to get at it. & actually succeed? Anybody ever figure what size it is?
My only idea is to drill small hole in glass (plastic) & drop some super glue in hole to stabilize it then a drop to seal glass. When that fails find used speedo!!
Thanks, Paul

 

[D-Fresh]

I think Larry shows how to cut the metal ring off of the tach and reattach it in one of his write ups, could be wrong?

 

[Randall-in-Mpls]

Don't drill the glass. It will shatter.
I can scavenge a screw from a wrecked gauge.

 

[reclinedrelic]

I think Larry shows how to cut the metal ring off of the tach and reattach it in one of his write ups, could be wrong?

Resetting a speedometer to 00000

There has been a bit of talk on resetting a speedometers odometer to zero again or any other mileage setting your looking for. So since I'm resetting one to 00000 for a cx500D that I'm building I thought I might as well take pictures of the steps it takes and post them here for you all to refer...

www.cx500forum.com

 

[april2007]

Don't drill the glass. It will shatter.
I can scavenge a screw from a wrecked gauge.

Thanks -That was something I wasnt sure of-glass or plastic & forgot to ask you.

 

[april2007]

Resetting a speedometer to 00000

There has been a bit of talk on resetting a speedometers odometer to zero again or any other mileage setting your looking for. So since I'm resetting one to 00000 for a cx500D that I'm building I thought I might as well take pictures of the steps it takes and post them here for you all to refer...

www.cx500forum.com

That looks like the route to take.


Thank you Mike,
Paul

 

[Thumper]

I actually did manage to drill a hole, but in addition to the loose screw also had a spider web in there, no idea how the spider got in there.
Ended up taking the thing apart by Dremel cutting the outer band.
Used a big hose clamp to reseal it, janky but whatever.
Now when I sell it the buyer will think I rolled the odometer back.
In hindsight would have left the screw in there to rattle around.
I think it's 3 mm, could even be smaller, if that's even possible.

 

[Sidecar Bob]

I think they are something like M2 or M1.5.

When I got my GL500 the trip odometer's reset shaft was broken off so I covered the hole and for the first winter I had to write the mileage on the receipt every time I filled the tank and carry it with me. Someone posted instructions on the old Classic Wings MSN group forum for opening a speedometer for repair by cutting the band and I had an old GL1000 speedometer that had stopped working but the odometer was OK so in the spring of 2001 I opened it up and transplanted in the working trip odometer assembly.
When I put it back together I buttered epoxy into the band, put it in place and wrapped electric tape over it, stretching the tape as hard as I could starting with a wrap across the front & back to hold it together and then several turns around the outside to clamp the band in place. When I took the tape off a day later the only way to tell it had been opened was by the slight mark on the band where the glue showed but I chose a location where that wouldn't be very visible.
BTW: A cutoff disc in a motor tool (Dremel or other) will work to cut the band but it is safer to cut it with a razor saw such as the Atlas Snap Saw I keep in the garage shop for things like that (& probably easier not to mention that it makes a narrower cut).

 

[Thumper]

Interesting, I might try the epoxy trick to get that ugly hose clamp out of there.