Bush mechanic low budget repair to loose speedo and tacho rubbers.

[OdysseusXS]

Hate it or love it, Aussie ingenuity and a few cable ties have done it again. Before the hate flows, please remember that this is a temporary fix until I can afford new boots for these gauges on my bike.

 

[TwoManyXS1Bs]

...Aussie ingenuity...

The 'force' is strong in this young padawan...

 

[OdysseusXS]

Also note the *&%^$@@ missing trip odemeter knobby thingamjigger. Weird, the shaft that is still hidden in the bowels of the speedometer does not appear to be broken, it's a factory finish with clearly concentric ridges on the end of the shaft. What the? Did the PO just snap off the plastic bit?

 

[TwoManyXS1Bs]

I have ZERO experience with that vintage of instrument, but I do recall some Honda instruments of the `70s that had a two-piece trip knob. The knob had a stubby threaded shaft that screwed into the instrument shaft, deep in the instrument housing. Disassembly required reaching deep in there with toothed bent-tip needlenose pliers to hold the main shaft while trying to break loose the knob shaft. Tricky...

 

[OdysseusXS]

Yep, that sort of chimes with what I've observed so far, the end of the internal shaft stub is machined and I think I can see a hint of thread. Thanks for the advice