Cleaning inside Gauges?

Inside of the glass on my guages are dirty, is there any way to take them apart to clean the underside of the glass?

I was just wondering the same thing myself today. I've got a screw that fell out in mine. Anyone with an easy way to do this...please help.

I have a 160mph speedo in a box in parts the needle fell off only way I could get it apart it the pry the ring up that holds the halves together its actually its own piece that I assume is crimped around it during assembly I got another speedo so didnt mess with it after that I was on a mission to get my bike on the road before it gets too vold to ride

They can be uncrimped.
I've done one of mine to get a Spider and web out.
fixer5000 has a method writen up somewhere where he uses a Coffee can to hold the guage while you carefully uncrimp the ring.
I've read where some will cut through the crimped band. Not sure how they would close her up again.
I've now got chrome bottom and top covers on my gauges, which are held together with a ring that's bolted on. Maybe I should work on that second guage as it will be covered in chrome afterwards.

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Z-Resto has a pretty informative website, lots of reference pics. Or you could have them rebuild them too, looks like they do a great job.
Z-Resto

Here's a diy option from an earlier thread ---

duncan wrote:
i've taken the tach apart but not the speedo. it's real easy if you use a dremel to cut the chrome ring, and then some jweld and hose clamp to cement it back together.

apeman wrote:
The old article suggests removing the band around the gauges by levering it up from the underside. I have found that results in too much damage to the band to make it look good after it is put back on, and crimped down. Therefore, I instead took a dremel with a cut-off wheel to the band, and sliced through it, being carefull not to damage the gauge cover. Then I slipped off the band, and did my gauge clean-up. To reinstall, I assembled the cover onto the gauge, slipped the band on, and held it tightly in place with a rubber band. Then I placed a drop of JBweld epoxy onto the gap in the band, and let it dry. (Make sure you mount the gap in the band at an location that will not be readily visible when the gauge is remounted onto the bike.) That has been working well for over a year.

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Good Fortune!

good idea i did both cut it and pryed it you deffinately have a superior method

I found some cleaning ants from New Guinea, that I ordered online. Put them in a bucket with the speedo and in a couple of days they would crawl thru little openings in the speedo. And clean everything out. The hardest part was to train them to come out again, when I gave them the Chorizo.


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mthure wrote: I found some cleaning ants from New Guinea, that I ordered online. Put them in a bucket with the speedo and in a couple of days they would crawl thru little openings in the speedo. And clean everything out. The hardest part was to train them to come out again, when I gave them the Chorizo.


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I have a baby anteater for sale on e-bay....no bids yet...maybe we can work out a deal ?...you let me use dem dare ants from new guinea, & ill sell ya the ant eater fer 1/2 price...I take visa, mastercard, or paypal !!!!!