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Iam having a pain of a time trying to get a working odometer for my car working.
Ive now broken 3 speedos and have 1 left to try and fix.
The problem is grey metal gear slips on the shaft so nothing works.
Should epoxy glue work or is there a reason why it wont?
Ive tried gluing it so many times and it just wont stick to the metal shaft.
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You have to roughen the shaft to give the glue something to stick to.
Surely speedos aren't that hard to get? I have a complete dash with the economy meter (vacuum gauge ) if you want it cheap.
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I've used Loctite 406 with great success on that gear. On a few of them I have done it's held up for over a year on each. It is basically a cyanoacrylate (spelling?) type glue - pretty much the good old superglue.
If you don't want to use that typ
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Thanks guys. i roughened up the shaft and so far so good, took it for a road test and now after 3 years i finally have an odometer!
Just 1 more question, is there any certain amount of tension that should be on the speedo needle ? With too little tensi
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cant win! odometer works fine but i have no speedo! The needle either flickers around so badly its unreadable or if i put a tiny bit more tension on it it simply doesnt move at all. Ive tried
pushing it on as hard as i can too to make sure its not slip
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The needle has to be given a couple of turns to pre-tension it before you push it all the way on. That makes it sit firm against the stop. Or it may be stuffed. Was it working before?
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I have the same problem with the metal gear slipping on the shaft. How the hell did u sand the shaft with such little space between the casing and the gear? i cant even get a needle in the to put some glue in
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