348 MODEL SPEEDOMETER MOUNTING
The 348 model speedometer (Stewart-Warner) has two studs at the base of the speedometer body. These studs are
merely to “position” the speedometer head, and no nuts or washers are required. The instrument panel is designed to hold the speedometer down when the panel screws are tightened. We are advising you of this assembly so that you will not assume that nuts were supposed to be on the studs and were left off by mistake.
CAUTION: When the instrument panel is removed to attach the wiring from the handlebars, make sure the speed-ometer does not lie against the “hot” terminal on the ignition switch. A short circuit at this point is apt burn the entire wiring harness. A rubber band is being assembled on the speedometer now to form an insulation in case the
speedometer head strikes against the switch. However, a number of machines were shipped without this insulation.
Two or three turns of friction tape will do the same insulating job.
Walter Brown
Service Manager
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