removing the speedo from its housing

[Old Dog]

Can someone tell me how to remove the speed from the housing please; I have
everything undone but the odemeter reset does't seem to want to come off. There
must be a way???

Thanks

[Nils D]

The knob for resetting the tripmeter is glued to its axel. You have to cut of the piece that protrudes out of the housing.
If you like me first tried by using force to get it of, then you probably begun to damage the locking-washers in the very mechanism.
That's how and when I finaly opened it; the tripmeter fell apart.

And when you put things together, it's big risk that the wheels with the digits, ends up miss-aligned. (I mean, when a wheel changes digit, it stops in between two digits.) It seams to work alright when you turn the knob to reset, but when you are out on the road, you might see that it's not working as it should.
But at that time the damn thing was allready securely put together.

[OLDMTNCARVER]

Old Dog,

I have used dremel tools with some patience and I've had good results taking apart various projects and been able to fabricate replacement parts (knobs in this case I'm thinking)... just a thought.

Robert

[Linegeist]

As Nils says, cut off the trip reset shaft, do the biz, then rejoin the shaft with a small length of suitably sized tube using Araldite. Give it 24hrs to set and Robert's your father's brother.

[Old Dog]

Cheers chaps, and there I was thinking that if it went in it must come out - silly me!!

On another note - Bob, great to meet you on the way up to the IOM. We got soaked on the second leg to Birkenhead, dried off as we approached Liverpool. Not a good crossing but a pleasant time when we got there. The Skorpion didn't miss a beat the whole time, although she is now sporting barend weights as the vibe after two and a half hours of motorway speeds left my hand ringing the next day. Hope we can meet up again sometime, have you considered doing the Dragon?

[Linegeist]

It was good to see you and your mates too. I haven't laughed so much since the mother-in-law last fell down the stairs.

Your Skorp's a seriously nice piece of kit - sounds superb.

It goes without saying perhaps but, if you guys ever need a bed out this way for the night (or two) - you have our telephone number. Meanwhile, thanks for an excellent (and memorable) lunch!

Bob

[Old Dog]

Thanks for the lunch indeed!