[David Babbitt]

Speedometer Rubber Bad

The rubber around the base of my speedometer (CL450K6) (I also corrected this to be speedometer, from tachometer) looks like burnt rubber inside. I peeled out chunks of the hard black material (maybe had been black foam?) and plan to glue it back on the steel bottom, then install the rim on it that I had cut in the past and join the ends together with copper wire. Any other ideas?

 

[Lefty]

http://www.hondatwins.net/forums/60...o-tach-isolation-rubber-renovation-cheap.html
I think this is what your after

 

[JAYinNY]

New ones are still available.

Honda Motorcycle Parts Models with no year CL450K6 A SPEEDOMETER + TACHOMETER K6 Diagram

 

[David Babbitt]

Thanks for the links to new and making a replacement from a tire tube.

I tried something different. I used what was left of the black rubber and added rubber from a sandal that had been shaved in half. Seems to work.

 

[JamesPal]

I would not risk your gauges by doing an improve. The new parts are cheap insurance.

 

[Lefty]

I would not risk your gauges by doing an improve. The new parts are cheap insurance.

But Jim, if that breaks we can have more fun trying to fix it with a toothbrush and paper plate

 

[David Babbitt]

I wonder if the extra dampening of the sandal below the gauge helped stabilize the meter as the needle doesn't vibrate as much as before.

 

[Lefty]

I'm sure it did, my tube fix is still holding