foster461 Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 Another winter project is to restore some used bezels for the speedo and tach. These are the 1974 chromed variety. I pulled the bezels off (they need stripping and re-chroming) and found that the glass is sort of bonded to the bezel by some hard setting black goop that fills the bezel. The glass can be coerced from this with no problem and the black stuff is brittle and can be prised out easily. The inside of the bezel has patches of corrosion so this stuff has to come out... My question is what to replace it with ?. I dont know that the hard setting goop solves any mechamical problem so would plain old silicone sealant be sufficient to reassemble ? Stan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ron Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 Stan I would think black silicon or better still black poly-urethane would do the job fine, I think it is there as a dust seal and to stop the glass rattling. Ron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BryanD Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 I need to do a similar clean-up job on my instruments. I was thinking of buying replacements chrome bezels - available from http://www.s-v-c.co.uk/ - as they should be cheaper & quicker than re-chroming.... Has anyone tried these? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foster461 Posted February 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 was thinking of buying replacements chrome bezels Hmm, new would be better if they fit.. I thought the big gauges were 5 inch bezels though, do these guys have something that you think will fit and have the right profile etc ? Stan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BryanD Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 I hadn't got around to checking the sizes. Pretty sure that 2" is correct for the small gauges, but it would be worth measuring the larger ones and giving them a call. I'm not sure how I would describe the original profile ( a V ?). How much does it matter anyway? Bryan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foster461 Posted February 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 The main thing for me would be the right external and internal diameter and enough depth to accomodate the insert that fits up against the glass (black on the external face, white on the internal face) and provides a mask for the speedo/tach dials. I guess it would also have to mechanically lock into the housing via those tabs unless there was another way to fit it.. Stan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foster461 Posted February 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 They are 5 inch outside diameter. I cant see some generic bezel doing the job so I'm going to go ahead and get these restored and re-chromed. I've called around it it sounds like a $40.00 cost to do them both, I'll report back how that turns out. Stan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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