Finally acquired the final missing piece – the elusive dash plastic. Couldn’t be happier. During installation, I noticed one thing – there is a small hump in the plastic between the RPM meter and the start button. I have seen multiple cracked pieces where the damage seemingly starts here. While installing I did some inspecting to see if there was anything that could be causing this inside and sure enough, the stock set screw for the accelerator pot is a smidge too long. What happens it when this piece is secured down, that set screw ever so slightly rubs back and forth on the plastic from the inside, causing it to warp, weaken and eventually crack. A huge design flaw! The easiest solution would have been purchasing a shorter set screw, but I would have had to do that regardless if an error was made. So instead I simply removed my set screw and using a fine tooth hacksaw trimmed it down 2mm or so and filed the end to be smooth. After that, I was able to reinsert it into the coupling flush. No more rubbing. TLDR: Sit down owners: check your set screw to make sure it isn’t damaging your plastics!
