STOP! Re: odometer not odometering either

[Matthew Caprio <cap29100@flash.net>]

WAIT!

Of course this can be done, but DON'T DO IT!  There is a rotary spring
preload on the needle that keeps it resting against the stop pin.  If you
take the needle off to fix the shaft, then, you have no idea how much
preload to put on the shaft when you put the needle back on.  So, the end
result is that your odometer works, but your speedo has a significant
error.  I have done this before, and it is no fun.  There are ways of
trying to calibrate this yourself, but I assure you it's just not worth it...

Leave it to the professionals.

I used "Overseas Speedometer" in austin, tx.  www.speedometer.com  Cost is
about $65, but it is totally worth the two hours you would spend monkeying
with it, only to scratch the face plate, end up with your speedo being 17.5
mph off, and then, have your odo repair fail again after about 2 weeks.
(this has happened to me, and I'm pretty good at instrument repair).

Matthew Caprio


>Does anyone know how to remove the needle (so I can take 
>the face plate off) w/o rendering the spedo usless?  I looked in the