Cracked Speedometer Screen. Do I need a whole cluster?

[goodfella]

Hello forum! My first post here. Just bought a 07 Monster S2R 1000 and love it.
Yesterday I was going to check the clutch fluid and when I took the soft plastic piece out it splashed everywhere. I wiped off whatever I could but didn notice  it got on the speedometer screen too, didnt even know how corrosive this stuff is. Needless to say both screens are cracked! Has anyone tried fixing it instead of buying a whole new cluster? I'm thinking about getting some plexi glass and giving it a try.

[goodfella]

Took the bezel off but there's no way to take the plexi glass out and replace it. It cracked even worse now  . I wish they sold that piece separately, now my only choice is to buy a used cluster off ebay for about $400 and take the bezel out and replace it.

[Bill in OKC]

Mine cracked too, I think it was because of the cold temps in my garage but I don't know.  Yes if Ducati sold that piece separately it would be a good thing.  There is another thread on this subject somewhere. 

[Major Slow]

take the old one to  a machine shop and have them turn a couple of aluminum bezels. put in some plexi and rtv them in place. might be cheaper.

[scott_araujo]

This has come up many times.  I could swear on TOB someone removed them, cleaned out the mounting space, and made new plastic or glass pieces.  As mentioned, as long as you clean it out you could mount anything you want with some RTV or silimar adhesive.  As for those cracks along the edge on the black part, can't really help you there

Scott

[silentbob]

I have a couple of spares you can have for free.  Where are you located?

[Silver King]

I have a couple of spares you can have for free.  Where are you located?

If there's a leftover, I'd love to take you up on that offer.   

To the OP: they are indeed a pain to fix.  I machined my old, cracked plastic lens out and squeezed in a new lens made out of Lexan.  It works, but the bezel still shows a crack.  I have no idea why you just can't buy a new one from Ducati or aftermarket.  Everything but the cover and lenses.  Oh well.

[ute]

Here is a direct link

http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/showthread.php?t=20161&highlight=cracked

[scott_araujo]

Man, if mine ever cracks I'm going to gut the unit and bury the board somewhere in the bike.  Then just run a bicycle speedometer and a few warning lights.  Who needs a tach?  I've got a rev limiter!

Scott

[goodfella]

I have a couple of spares you can have for free.  Where are you located?

Wow thats awesome. I'd pay you for one. I'm in Alpharetta, Ga

[goodfella]

Got the bezel today(thanks you Rob!) but now the speedometer is messed up. As you can see in the pictures the arms are pointing way below zero especially the speedometer. I think they got like that when I placed my hat above the speedometer one day. It must have got in the way and screwed them up. I've tried adjusting them but they go right back to that position when I turn the bike off and on.

[Bones]

that's easy to fix, but not for the faint of heart.  you fill have to cycle your needles (i.e. ignition key on and off) a few times. (I just did it last night when I swapped out my gauge faces. needles will naturally rest below zero with ignition off. they should stop at zero after they sweep and stop when you turn the ignition on.

here's how to fix:

with gauge cover off, turn key on: wait for needles to sweep and stop. CAREFULLY push up on the end of the needle to move its position up to the zero mark.
turn key off, needle will sweep down a it. turn key on and recheck to make sure it stops at zero.

you might have to do this a few times (play around with it a bit, but make sure you only push up on the end of the needle to act as a lever to carefully move the needle position. if the needle keeps stopping below the zero mark, you will likely have to turn the needle up higher than zero to compensate. you'll see what I mean)

[goodfella]

I've tried that but it wont work. This is what you mean right? Tried about 20 times or so. 103_1905.MOV

[silentbob]

I just turned mine counter clockwise until they stopped at zero.

[Bones]

yeah that's right. funny, i just did this last night.  OK, so this is what you can do:
(if anyone has a better way, jump in, but I've done this on two speedos so far)

with ignition on and needles at rest, turn the needle all the way around until until it stops/binds up (again, carefully) then turn it a little past that (this is where the needle itself will spin past the limits of the post/shaft it is connected to. you will do this carefully because technically you will be jumping a tooth or two on the shaft and don;t want to grind down the inside of the needle itself where it connects to the shaft (if you do, you will need to use silicon or a dab of crazy glue to fix that, but let's not burn that bridge yet).

again, test by sweeping the needles. if you overshoot it, then you can go back the other way and (for lack of a better term) "hyper-extend" the needle in the other direction. again doing this carefully.