Georgia Fiero Club Forum

All Things Fiero => Tech Tips, Tech Questions => Topic started by: pgackerman on July 16, 2020, 12:05:01 pm

Title: Padding around Aux Gauges
Post by: pgackerman on July 16, 2020, 12:05:01 pm

Any ideas how to make the padding around the GT's aux gauges stick to the gauge's hard plastic casing?
Mine keeps pulling up and away from the bottom edges.

Title: Re: Padding around Aux Gauges
Post by: Fierofool on July 16, 2020, 12:24:51 pm

Paul, I have had several do that.  The radio surround I sold to Sandman had been repaired.  I took the foam rubber out of it where it was separated.  I used a piece of wood to provide a flat surface to exert even pressure on the vinyl outer covering.

I purchased a tube of Flex Seal and squirted it in between the hard plastic and outer vinyl covering, placed the piece of wood on the vinyl covering and clamped it down with a bar clamp and a couple of small C clamps until it cured. 

Without something like the piece of wood, you will get dimples in the finish where the clamps were tightened.  I did the same to my radio surround and gauge in my 87. 

Edit:  If you plan to remove the metal mounting bracket from the gauge pod, use a pair of pliers to hold the plastic posts that the screws go into.  The screws are usually bonded very well and they will break the posts before coming loose.  Holding the posts with pliers will allow you to break the bond of the screw without breaking the hard plastic skeleton. 

Title: Re: Padding around Aux Gauges
Post by: pgackerman on July 16, 2020, 02:07:24 pm

Quote from: Fierofool on July 16, 2020, 12:24:51 pm

Edit:  If you plan to remove the metal mounting bracket from the gauge pod, use a pair of pliers to hold the plastic posts that the screws go into.  The screws are usually bonded very well and they will break the posts before coming loose.  Holding the posts with pliers will allow you to break the bond of the screw without breaking the hard plastic skeleton.

Your warning came to late.  Not a biggy.  One of the screws was missing anyway.

Will super glue or Goop work instead?  Trying to use what I have around the house.

Title: Re: Padding around Aux Gauges
Post by: Fierofool on July 16, 2020, 03:01:17 pm

Loctite Super Glue seems to work pretty good.  I've used it for that purpose in the past with very good results.  It comes in a small clear squeeze bottle with a long neck. 

Title: Re: Padding around Aux Gauges
Post by: GTRS Fiero on July 16, 2020, 06:19:18 pm

The article on this is due out in a few months.  Been in the works for more than a year.

Title: Re: Padding around Aux Gauges
Post by: pgackerman on July 17, 2020, 11:52:14 am

Looking forward to the article...

... especially if my/FieroFool's fix doesn't work.

Title: Re: Padding around Aux Gauges
Post by: GTRS Fiero on July 17, 2020, 11:17:18 pm

Struggling with that article, and a few others.