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Speedo / Tach housing "Acorn Nut" picture??

Started by GS4me, May 19, 2014, 11:10:14 AM

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GS4me

Hey everyone,

Does anyone have a closeup pic of the Acorn nuts / hardware / washers on the back of the Speedo and Tach?  I don't seem to have the original ones on my bike. I just noticed.

I have what looks like a 12mm nut that is loosely placed over the threaded part and then a small 8mm acorn nut screwed on top.  (It's funny I've never noticed that before until I was looking close this morning). 

When screwed on, mine looks like a large acorn nut that you could put a 12mm wrench on with a smaller top portion (the acorn portion) that has 8mm "flats". If I remove the small acorn portion, the nut under it will just fall off - as it's too large to be threaded onto the small stud of the gauges.

I do have the black rubber portion in the gauges.  It looks like I'm missing a metal washer and original nut.

Since the stud is pretty small, I'm guessing this should actually be a "unique" fastener with a small threaded female portion with a larger body for something like a 12mm socket to fit on??

If possible I'd like to track down some original stuff (now that I know it's there it's going to bother me!    >:(    )

gsJack

407,400 miles in 30 years for 13,580 miles/year average.  Started riding 7/21/84 and hung up helmet 8/31/14.

GS4me

Awesome.  Exactly what I needed.  Looks like I'm missing #8 and #9.   I'll have to piece together a small order and pick those up.  Thanks a bunch.

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