[TR] TR6 speedometer needle

[Alan Salvatore]

Thanks to all that responded.

As luck would have it, I broke the pointer taking it off the parts 
speedometer,, so I then cemented the two broken needles, on the two 
speedo's, but I didn't like the look because I could still see the crack 
line.
Good thing I had a third speedo I was saving for emergency's.  It had a bad 
bezel, so I swaped that out and I'am good to go.
Gained 10,000 miles in the process.

Yes, if I had held the back spindle, I might have saved the pointer.  Didn't 
see this message till the deed was done.


Cheers

Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anthony Rhodes" <spamiam at comcast.net>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>; <6parts at charter.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: [TR] TR6 speedometer needle


> Wow, I wonder what made it break off?!
>
> The needle is press-fit on the spindle.  BUT, it is sometimes terribly 
> hard to get off.  See my repair monograph for general info.
>
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/rhodes/speedo.html
>
> However, I have had more thoughts since then on getting that darned 
> pointer off. Simply holding the "drag cup" and then twisting back and 
> forth on the pointer and pulling may actually move the entire spindle in 
> the cup.  The cup is also just a press fit on the spindle!  This may not 
> be good as it will move the cup toward/away from the magnets in relation 
> to the spindle. (I have been re-writing the monograph, but I have bad a 
> hard time finding the time!)
>
> So, how do you hold the SPINDLE securely when trying to pull off the 
> pointer.  Well, you need to remove the frame, but how do you do that 
> without having already removed the face which requires removal of the 
> pointer?
>
> Well, loosening the 2 screws holding the face will allow it to be tipped 
> up without actually removing it.  Then you can slide in a knife edge into 
> the slots of the screws holding the subframe to the frame to remove it. 
> Then you can separate parts and have access to the spindle.  Then remove 
> the pointer and face.  Service the rest of the works while you are there, 
> then reattach the subframe to the frame, attach the face, then the 
> pointer, then recalibrate the pointer.
>
> -Tony