Moisture buildup in spedometer
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Moisture buildup in spedometer
I recently got condensation on the inside of my speedo on my fatbob. The best solution I could come up with was to duct tape a large desecant pack I got at lowes to the inside of the instrument panel. After a few days it managed to draw the moisture out leaving behind a couple of water spots on the inside face of the speedo. I was just wondering if anyone had better ideas. I garage keep my bike but will ride in any weather since I commute to work so not riding in the rain isn't an option
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Congrats on a way of removing the moisture. This is very typical of these intruments.A few years back I managed to get a tiny spider in my speedometer, it's remains are slowly wasting away.
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I am sure it's not moisture. It appears to be more of a dirty film. I was hoping that there is a way to remove the glass to clean it and then reinstall it
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I cannot remember for sure but I seem to remember some little screws that looked like they mounted the speedo to it's plastic base. If so you could probably get into it to clean it (or remove spiders).
The fact that a spider can get inside the speedo shows that the moisture can wick up from the bottom on the tank plate. I could see on mine that there are small open areas around the small clip in warning lite panel. So I removed it and squeezed some clear silicone around it's permeter and then seated it back on (wipe off excess immediately while fluid with some paper towels) and let it dry. That pretty much waterproofed it from leakage, although in a hard rain some is going to blow in the front of the console where the cables come in.