Reaper1 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 There may already be a thread on this, but because I just got done doing this job I figured I'd add a little input. I've taken many of these speedometer units apart over the years, so I already knew what I was doing. However, I came upon a new revelation that might just help some of you! Every time I've taken one of these apart, I have taken the needle off. Well, as you can guess, that messes up the calibration and it takes some fiddling to get it right again. This time I couldn't manage to get the needle off and because I wasn't planning on refinishing the needle (it wasn't faded) I really didn't want to push my luck. What I found was that once you take the head loose from the face plate, there is just enough play to let you get it out of its aligning tab and rotate it so you can get the motor board screws loose. Typically they are blocked by a piece of plastic and if you don't want to mess with that, the only other way is to take the head completely off of the face by removing the needle. Once the motor board is loose, you can fiddle it out and there is enough space to pull the core and the old gear out. Make sure you clean all of the old bits of the old broken gear out. Once that is done, you can put it all back together...and you never mucked with the needle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Dude Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 In all the years that I have been replacing these odometer gears for myself and other TC owners, I have never removed the speed indicating needle. I never even thought to do so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper1 Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 On 6/9/2021 at 8:31 PM, Hemi Dude said: In all the years that I have been replacing these odometer gears for myself and other TC owners, I have never removed the speed indicating needle. I never even thought to do so. Interesting. Before I figured this out, that was the only way I could ever get to the actual odometer. My past endeavors were in order to refinish the needle itself on the typical Chrysler cluster as the orange fades over time. I've also switched colors on them, too. With GPS being on every smart phone, now it's not bad to reset it, but in the past it was kind of a pain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevinflys Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Where are you guys getting the replacement gears? Also, my odometer works but the speedometer does not. Have you seen this before? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Shelbys Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 (edited) www.odometergears.com They are nylon so they will last a lot longer than the originals. Get both, the big one and the little one. Edited July 12, 2021 by 2Shelbys (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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