removing the speedo

negawsklov · Post by **negawsklov** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:55 pm

can anyone tell me how to remove the speedo trip reset shaft from under the dash...I can't figure out how to release it so I can remove the speedo

Thanks
Ben

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 3:26 pm

Ben, I can't remove mine, but it is a cable rather than a shaft. If you take off the steering wheel you should be able to pull the speedo towards you and the reset cable + speedo cable will pull off.

swapped · Post by **swapped** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 4:18 pm

fourteener wrote:...it is a cable rather than a shaft. If you take off the steering wheel you should be able to pull the speedo towards you and the reset cable + speedo cable will pull off.

Quite right.

The end that's attached to the dash uses a slim nut with a screw-driver recess in it, that will be seized to the point of bonding atomically to the dash, if yours is anything like mine.

I used release fluid and patience to remove mine.

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 4:24 pm

swapped wrote: seized to the point of bonding atomically to the dash, if yours is anything like mine.

That's a great description....mine is definitely fused at a particle level!

negawsklov · Post by **negawsklov** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:04 pm

Thanks guys... glad to know it's not just me being dumb not being able to remove it!