Re: metal speedo gears?

["Ryan Schuermann" <rts@phoenix.net>]

way cool, but does anyone know of a place that makes metal ones..this 
guy's isn't slipping, their cracking..on his 300hp scirocco. he's 
replaces it 2x and is getting tired =]

Ryan

> I've ripped down gauge clusters several times, and cracked open the odometer
> to fix this problem 3 times.  I consider myself good at by now. :-)  I'd
> still give myself an hour and half for the odometer gear fix though.  I
> don't consider it a really difficult job, and there's an FAQ on this 
> procedure on Jan's web page.  Oh, and the way I have found to fix the
> slipping gear at (both) ends of the numeric shaft is to tightly grip
> the rod with a pair of needle nose vice grips.  This knurls, or chews-up
> the rod a bit and creates burrs that the slipping gear can get a grip on.
> Push the gear back on (you'll find it MUCH more difficult then taking it
> off.  This just means that you're doing a good job), and reinsert the odo
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