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BeeDubyaBugz 
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Joined: March 16, 2007
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Location: Colorado
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 Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:41 am Post subject: Speedometer questions |
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Hi,
I was wondering, I have a 69 speedometer that the gears are bad in. are the gears in the PRE-67 speedos the same? Will they interchange?
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gt1953
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Location: White Mountains Arizona
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Most of the speedometers are interchange able....I prefer the style that has the tenths digit. I am not sure your 69 does.
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glutamodo
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Location: Douglas, WY
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| Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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I think the odometer gearing all changed when they went to 10ths of a digit. You can see the number of teeth is not the same in this comparison of a mid 70s speedometer with a mid 60s. But not sure of what the "skinny number" 69-71 speedometer's odometer gears look like.
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TromBug
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Location: Southern Alberta, Canada
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| Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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| On the topic of odometers, I have a late one, that the gears are good in, but the gear won't stay put on the shaft. It just spins while the odometer dials stay in place. I tried gluing it once, which lasted about a mile, and then it broke again. Is there a better method to getting it to stay, or is there a bigger issue there? |
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glutamodo
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Location: Douglas, WY
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I've "scored" the end of the odometer spindle by pinching it in a few places with some diagonal pliers, that gives it some more "bite" for the gear. I did that about 10 years ago on my 85 Golf and it's still working fine over 100K later. But that won't help if the gear cracks.
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