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Technical (Descriptive Topic Titles - Stay on Topic) => Frame => Topic started by: chotus52 on 09.05. 2018 04:33
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Hi all,
Can anyone advise the best method to replace the rubber seal surrounding the speedo on my 1955 Shooting Star. Many thanks
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Use plenty of vaseline
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Use plenty of vaseline
I use rubber grease https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/25-gram-CASTROL-RED-RUBBER-GREASE-BRAKE-CYLINDERS-SEALS-O-RINGS-mini-tin/172481763013?epid=1856194140&hash=item2828b6d6c5:g:JQkAAOSwKtlWq9-q
or silicone grease https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silicone-Grease-No2-50g-Water-Proof-Multi-Purpose-Lubricant-for-rubber-Etc/391684202194?hash=item5b32329ed2:g:hFwAAOSwodlaxo14
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I've used silicone grease on stuff and it works well, but a bitch to clean off where I don't want it..... I've recently discovered that castor oil doesn't harm rubber, and is an ingredient in at least some of the above
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Tks for the advice. One more question. Put the seal in the cowl first & then fit the speedo into it or the other way?
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.......Put the seal in the cowl first & then fit the speedo into it or the other way?
I don't have that setup so no idea, but just guessing would say " Put the seal in the cowl first & then fit the speedo into it..... " *dunno*; suck'n see ?
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I have the cowpat style cowl. When I fit the speedo I put the rubber in the cowl first. The rubber has a larger profile on one side that goes on top of the cowl. Press the speedo down into the hole from the top. I bent the end of a small screwdriver to a short 'L' shape and blunted the end. While lightly pressing the speedo in place I use the tool to lift the rubber over the speedo bezel flange a bit at a time. Do this carefully as it's easy to damage the crappy pattern rubber, or scratch the cowl. Rubber grease may help but I have found that after I used grease the speedo rotated slightly over time.
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I have the cowpat style cowl. When I fit the speedo I put the rubber in the cowl first. The rubber has a larger profile on one side that goes on top of the cowl. Press the speedo down into the hole from the top. I bent the end of a small screwdriver to a short 'L' shape and blunted the end. While lightly pressing the speedo in place I use the tool to lift the rubber over the speedo bezel flange a bit at a time. Do this carefully as it's easy to damage the crappy pattern rubber, or scratch the cowl. Rubber grease may help but I have found that after I used grease the speedo rotated slightly over time.
Back that up. Only difference is I bent a strip of soft steel (about 5x50mm) to work the speedo in
I prefer vaseline as lubricant as that will dry up after a couple of days.
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I prefer vaseline as lubricant as that will dry up after a couple of days.
Ooerr Missus!
Have you heard the early Billy Connoly story about the Vaseline Salesman?
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I prefer vaseline as lubricant as that will dry up after a couple of days.
Have you heard the early Billy Connoly story about the Vaseline Salesman?
No.
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I prefer vaseline as lubricant as that will dry up after a couple of days.
Have you heard the early Billy Connoly story about the Vaseline Salesman?
No.
I tried to find it on the interweb but couldn't.
Billy told the story of a chap who wanted Vaseline for 'sexual purposes'. He smeared it on the bedroom door handle so the kids could not get into the room when he wanted privacy.
[It was so much funnier when Billy told it!]
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Tks all
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You can see here how my speedo and rubber look.
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Yes CRAP.
ELLIS