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Offline pddpimp

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Gauge face screws..
« on: November 24, 2006, 11:12:58 pm »
Anyone know what thread the two tiny screws are that hold the gauge face on?
(CB750k)
Thinking of replacing them with a diff style or even brass.

Thanks..
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Re: Gauge face screws..
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2006, 04:13:16 am »
Quote from: pddpimp on November 24, 2006, 11:12:58 pm
Anyone know what thread the two tiny screws are that hold the gauge face on?
(CB750k)
Thinking of replacing them with a diff style or even brass.

Thanks..

Best-o-luck mate, they're metric fine, so I don't like your chances...............  ???
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Re: Gauge face screws..
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2006, 09:24:57 am »
I found the size online.

M2.5 x 6

you can get them in flat head, phillips, or allen head. They start at $0.08 us each.

I just have to figure out more hardware to purchase, they want $7 to ship!!!
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Re: Gauge face screws..
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2006, 03:32:07 pm »
Quote from: pddpimp on November 25, 2006, 09:24:57 am
I found the size online.

M2.5 x 6

you can get them in flat head, phillips, or allen head. They start at $0.08 us each.

I just have to figure out more hardware to purchase, they want $7 to ship!!!

Have you got a link to their site mate? I need some M5 x .050 x 16mm screws? Cheers, Terry.  ;D
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Re: Gauge face screws..
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2006, 08:46:49 pm »
This is the sight I found them on:
http://www.boltdepot.com/metric-fasteners.html

Hope it helps :)
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Re: Gauge face screws..
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2006, 09:32:30 pm »
might i suggest a dab of threadlock on them, the darn things vibrate out every 300 or so miles on mine ;D
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Re: Gauge face screws..
« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2006, 09:39:42 pm »
I had the same thought because I notice the OEM screws had lockers on the bottom of the screw head and the new ones don't.

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Re: Gauge face screws..
« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2006, 01:59:35 am »
This is a useful site for stainless fastenings/bolt/screws    http://www.ebolt.co.uk/
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Re: Gauge face screws..
« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2006, 04:07:39 am »
Here's a crazy good industrial supply company that sells everything from stainless hardware to sheets of polymers. They have full diagrams of the hardware, all sorts of stats. . .VERY over the top in supplying just about anything for project geeks like me  :)

I found out about them when I worked as a lab technician at a foundry, many moons ago. I used to have to place the supply orders for the lab.

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Re: Gauge face screws..
« Reply #9 on: November 26, 2006, 09:43:28 am »
These guys have also been helpful for oddball stuff:

http://www.metricsunlimited.com/
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