'57 Custom instrument cluster removal

[Terry/Iowa]

I am having trouble with my speedometer and instrument cluster lights on a ‘57 Custom 300. I want to take the instrument cluster out to go over it. I removed the small plate above the steering column. I took the two screws out of the upper lip of the cluster trim. Gently prying with a screwdriver indicates the left side of the cluster moves as if it would come out, but the right side is solid. Can anyone tell me what I need to do to get the cluster loose so it will come out?

 

[49merclover]

there are 4 studs that hold it in.2 lower ones and 2 upper ones.maybe someone haD IT OUT YEARS AGO AND ONLY PUT ONE SIDE IN.HOPE THIS HELPS.i have lots of 57 parts to sell too.also am an a so-called expert on them!lol

 

[Terry/Iowa]

Thanks for the advice. Do the studs have threads and nuts, or are they just pop outs? I hate to try and pop the right side loose and find out I had to find a nut to take off somehow.

 

[Gerry]

nuts, don't recall the size but it is a threaded stud with a nut. Gerry

 

[frank long island]

3/8 socket and a lot of feeling with the fingers