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| | | | Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 31 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 31 | I need to make a tool for crimping an AD speedometer bezel. Any ideas are appreciated | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 | Support lip of bezel on soft wood block and by hand lean on a screwdriver or punch to fold/crimp a few spots behind the case. For a fancier tool might look at glaziers pliers, they're wide smooth jaws that are parallel when opened some, not closed. Some come with plastic jaw pads. You could narrow one jaw to just as wide as the spots you want to crimp. http://distributionsvimac.com/Catalogue.php?CAT=A05-A&LNG=1Grigg | | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,249 "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! | | "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,249 | I believe that's how I did it. Just rolled it with a screwdriver. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 1,101 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 1,101 | I just did this a couple days ago. The bezel is soft and bends easy. I used a pair of needle nose piers. One jaw on the front edge of the bezel (with a piece of plastic to protect the finish) and the second jaw on the edge of the bezel were I wanted to crimp. It did not take much pressure to bend/crimp the edge the bezel.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,270 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,270 | I used channel locks and mashed them over. I then realized that I may have roached my bezel. Turns out, that part of the bezel isn't visible once installed.
Carl
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 2,062 Big Bolt Forum Moderator | | Big Bolt Forum Moderator Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 2,062 | If you use channel locks, wrap the one jaw that will be against the front of the bezel with a few wraps of electrical tape. I did that when putting the upholstery clips on my seat and had to put a lot more pressure on than you will crimping your bezel. I did not mar the upholstery. | | |
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