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Old 07-12-2018, 10:19 PM
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Odometer is Broke and I Broke the Speedometer HELP

Hi all,
I was driving and the odometer kept going up at a very fast rate so I took the gauge cluster apart and took the speedometer out. I was taking the speedometer cover off and I guess I yanked the speedometer cover and it broke the cable thing that attaches to the speedometer arm and I don't know how I'm going to fix it. But when that broke I could access the odometer gears and they all seemed to be fine so I guess the problem is with the transmission piece. Any help would be greatly appreciated because I have no idea how to fix the cable, I'm thinking I might have to get a whole new speedometer gauge. Thank you, here are the pics of the broken speedometer cable thing and the odometer.




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Easy fix. Throw it in the trash, get another one.

You might be able to take or send it to a specialist and have them repair it, but at this point you'd be further ahead to just replace it.
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Easy fix. Throw it in the trash, get another one.

You might be able to take or send it to a specialist and have them repair it, but at this point you'd be further ahead to just replace it.
Get another speedometer? Where would I get one?
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So your car now has 10,000 original miles on it....lol
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For those who may wish to explore the odometer fix in the future:

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Re: Odometer is Broke and I Broke the Speedometer HELP

Thank you for your write up,I need to see how to get the cable off the back. The RPM gauge works but the speedometer/odometer/trip gauge is not working.
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