Removing speedo gear
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Hicap phill
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Long nose pliers into the drive & turn & pull. If that don’t work the collar is seized so you may need to turn & prise up with a bit more strength.
Why are you wanting to change this? Thanks
Why are you wanting to change this? Thanks
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I couldn't change the one on my son's, speedo is only slightly out so not worth the worry.
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That's annoying, soak it in a releasing agent and try and loosen it up?
Hicap phill
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Put the speedo cable into the drive & try to turn it,
If it don’t turn go do a small drive to watch the cable rotate.
If cable rotates it’s your clock
It’s hard to break the speedo gear.
Also Put cable back into clock & put other end in driller pulse it to see if it works
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And put the drill in reverse.
Hicap phill
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Oh yes.. you don’t want to add extra miles
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No, they run backwards. I’m putting 4K miles on a replacement speedo clock and drive everywhere with the cordless drill running in reverse. I’ve already put 2k miles on
Hicap phill
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I had a police calibrated speedo but these have no mileage counters on them . Was fun for years at mot place when they asked me for the figures
I had one on the floor of the garage that I needed to change. Wasn't budging at all.
Someone said to keep dousing it in penetrating fluid every day for a week or two.
I've never had much luck with magic potions and had no confidence, but had nothing to lose, so, I did as advised and it worked.
Someone said to keep dousing it in penetrating fluid every day for a week or two.
I've never had much luck with magic potions and had no confidence, but had nothing to lose, so, I did as advised and it worked.
Can also confirm they run reverse. Just be thankful you are only putting 4k on yours. I spent 6montha with a mains drill adding 65k to mine to match the mileage after the fire!
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I have been watching ebay for a while and this one came up which is the closest I’ve seen. I’ve got it running on an old cordless drill in the Landrover with me. I have a band on the trigger but it only does 10 miles at a time at 90mph before switching off. So I have to keep releasing and pulling again but I’ve got until March when the mot is
Hicap phill
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I opened the original one. The needle still moved but the mile’s stopped going up. The tenths on the trip must have broken the bit that wound it on. I looked at it but the only way was to dismantle the little gears but I was afraid in case I damaged the replacement one. I hope to be where I want it by the end of January
I had exactly the same issue. I did not want to risk dismantling as I had found one with the highest possible mileage which is he opposite of what everyone is selling, I was aiming for 385k! But had lots of time as was rebuilding after the fire. I bought an 80’s black and decker hammer drill off the Facebook and just had to keep filling it with oil to wash out the carbon dust from the brushes!I opened the original one. The needle still moved but the mile’s stopped going up. The tenths on the trip must have broken the bit that wound it on. I looked at it but the only way was to dismantle the little gears but I was afraid in case I damaged the replacement one. I hope to be where I want it by the end of January
Update on getting the speedo housing out, it was a nightmare. Tried pliers, penetrating oil for a week,wood chisel, cold welding threaded bar and slide hammer. It did not move at all. Resorted to welding 19mm nut to the end and threaded bar. Got the breaker bar on it. It snapped the weld 5 times. The 5th it started to turn. Got it out and fitted new one. Speedo working fine now
The crap is off the floor
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