I think by "trip arm" he means the trip odometer reset shaft.
If you do as Ron says and remove the needle and then the face, you can
remove the innards from the case w/o removing the trip odo shaft.
Ulix
On Fri, 23 Apr 1999 Ronsoave@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 99-04-23 12:02:24 EDT, biffjones@erols.com writes:
> > but how do I remove the trip
> > arm so I can extract the innerards?
>
> I've had success removing the needle (I guess that would be the trip arm?)
> two ways. I was warned not to try to pull out the needle by its root by hand
> or with pliers for risk of bending the needle. If you are lucky, you can
> remove the 2 tiny screws from the face of the speedo and gently (very
> gently!) wiggle the face upward. The needle will pop off. It takes a while
> - be patient and do not pull outward too hard. The other way I've had
> success is in using a fuel injector puller (little "L" shaped thing) behind
> the chrome part of the needle base and pulling straight outward. Again, the
> needle just pops out. The injector puller I have has a very thin claw, so I
> was able to get it behind the needle base easily. The key is not to bend the
> needle using either method.
>
> Ron
>
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