'81 GPz gauge disassembly, how bad is it?

Dealing with dim indicators since I bought it in 75. LED's are the way to go. Regular bulbs burn out too quick. That pisses me off too.
Steve

Nessism wrote:

There aren't enough "E"s in "CLEEEEEEEEN" to describe those gauges. VERY nice! Ed

Hey I don't mean to hijack this thread but this thread got me motivated to work on my 1978 KZ1000 A2 instrument cluster.

Anyway,...I got it all apart and almost altogether and need some information from those who have done this before. When putting the tac and speedo back onto the bracket there was some old black stuff that crumbled and needs to be replaced. I'm sure this is used to dampen vibrations.

In the pic,... I tried to show the area and the black material that I need to replace. It goes between the bracket and the bottom silver of each Tac and Speedo. I cannot tighten the screws until I fill the .5 inch gap with compressible "Gasket" material

So,..does anyone know what this material is? Or,...What can be used to replace this material?

Thanks

Jim

Some have used a mouse pad for the gasket.
Steve

Nice work Nessism, I always think clocks are the focal point of a finished bike restoration, also difficult to find in any state for some models.

Thanks for the kind words guys. I try.

The steel parts were bead blasted, epoxy primed, and then top coated with catalyzed urethane. I stumbled onto this Nason fleet paint that's easily the nicest stuff I've ever sprayed. It's amazing. I'm no superlative painter but that stuff sprays out so easily and blends together like glass so even someone like me can get professional looking results.

Sadly, the gauges don't work quite as well as they look. They work fine in steady state but the needles sort or worble during speed changes. Not sure how one would go about fixing that either.