I did try to hold the shaft but I was afraid to grip it... Time to replace capacitors. Lots of hidden plastic tabs so you have to be really careful when prying it loose. One day you are driving your car and you notice that the speedometer needle on the gauge moves suddenly, it goes up and down without staying stable according to the speed at which you are driving, the car keeps moving and maybe you think it is a fault very minimal, but it is better to solve it in time to avoid awkward moments. The next step is to remove the cover. Have Idea why it happens. It's like a glorified idiot light ---- until the temp goes screaming high. How did it get there? How did my speedometer needle get under the resting pin? - Maintenance/Repairs. It may take some doing to find the right one, but it will be worth it in the end. The magnet pulls the speedcup, which is biased by a hairspring.
Found this but no info how you set it back in. Recently the needle had started bouncing. Last edited by Hotrod Lincoln; Sun Nov 04 2007 04:14 PM. I'm sure I will be able to break it no problem, will use extreme caution.
When you let off the accelerator, it will send a signal to the throttle to decrease the speed. Center of the gauge can be anywhere from (SWAG)170-220 real temp, with almost no needle movement. When the vehicle is moving, the spinning axle gear passes by the magnetic field and induces an electric current. I was thinking it was just a push-on fit.
01-03-2004, 07:35 PM. 1971, 67, break, broke, broken, c3, corvette, needle, replacement, shaft, speedometer. Hopefully it should pull off, mine was on tight, I used two small pieces of wood, & two small screwdrivers & gently levered it careful you don't bend the thin shaft the needle fits onto. The forum search tool is very useful in finding prior discussions on this topic. The most common reason the speedometer becomes inoperative is a broken instrument cluster and faulty stepper motors. This is a more expensive and involved fix and is generally only needed on older vehicles. How to fix your speedometer needle. Not sure if it can fixed, but you can do the below instrument panel test to see if it tries to sweep to zero. Suppose you see that the needle on the speedometer jumps quickly from a smaller number to a large number (55 to 65). The bent wire comes in handy to remove the grommet) And gently try to "tease" the needle back over the stop pin. If this happens, do not attempt to just push the metal stem back in. Have a good one and thanks again. The only way that it can be properly calibrated is to check it against a known standard and rotate the needle on the shaft till it is in calibration with the dial face. I will give the popsicle sticks a try:seeya. I'm replacing most everything I can find with new anyway, so a spedo cable taint gonna break me and it just might keep me from having to break into the speedo case.
This is usually done using a powerful electromagnet to alter the field strength of the magnet in your speedcup and is not something you should do yourself. No point in doing anything unless you fix the underlying problem. With offset error, the error is more or less constant over the range of the instrument--say, 15 MPH low everywhere. Speedometer Stopped Working: How Speedometers Work and What Causes Them to Stop Working. You may also want to test the cluster before putting the cover back on to make sure everything works correctly. Will see once I put it together again. This most likely means the odometer gears are broken, so you will need to replace them. I was doing a dash change out in my 79 when I noticed I had broken the needle. I'll let you know how it goes with the speedometers. Those temps are fine.
Denny G. For those that may be interested, some may have seen my post a while back but I'll repeat it. What difference does it make if it's 1 post or 100 as long as it is relevant info? If you look closely at the face of the instrument, you may see a small white dot at about where -10 MPH would be. Rotated it in the air so the needle reset, and reinstalled the cluster.
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