Speed needle

[jetaimejsc]

Ok, so I changed the speedometer color and everything went fine. I put it all back together and put the speed needle back and fixed it to 0 and when I turned the car on it went below 0. Next I tried to take the faceplate off and turn it on and change the below 0 to 0 so it stayed put. I drove a bit and after called it a day. Next morning the needle was back to below 0 so what i did was push it in harder and drove around and it would not move at all. Stuck on 0. Now I loosened it up again and again put it to 0 and later went out to check and again. Below 0. Hope I'm making sense here. Any help would be appreciated. Sorry for typos. Typing from iphone

[rl67pinoy]

U broke it. Lol

[jetaimejsc]

i hope not. Right now its sitting at below 0. So it still moves when i accelerate, just about 10 miles behind

[rl67pinoy]

I hope i can help but thats one of the things i dont mess wid in the car.
Good luck fixin it.

[jetaimejsc]

anyone else?

[matthewai]

just put a [-10] behind every number

[CTScott]

I suggest taking the front cover off, and then adjusting it after turning on the ignition.

[jetaimejsc]

^ Thats exactly what i did. It was below 0 and i took the cover off and turned the car on, moved it to exactly 0 and drove around. Worked perfect. I put the cover back on and got in the car the next morning and it was back to below 0.

[CTScott]

^ Thats exactly what i did. It was below 0 and i took the cover off and turned the car on, moved it to exactly 0 and drove around. Worked perfect. I put the cover back on and got in the car the next morning and it was back to below 0.

Does it seem like the needle's tube is slipping?

[jetaimejsc]

not really. At first when i moved it, the needle felt loose, but i turned car on and it felt some resistance so i moved it to 0. now i pushed it in more and it never moved up or down, just stuck on 0. So i loosened it up some but after i drive and leave the car it just falls below 0

[CTScott]

not really. At first when i moved it, the needle felt loose, but i turned car on and it felt some resistance so i moved it to 0. now i pushed it in more and it never moved up or down, just stuck on 0. So i loosened it up some but after i drive and leave the car it just falls below 0

When you adjust it powered-on, you have to pull the needle off and press it back in place. If you rotated it while powered-on, that explains why on the next trip it dropped back below zero. It only recalibrates itself on power-up. If you move the needle once it has already calibrated, you bypass the initial calibration.

[jetaimejsc]

Ok. I'll try that then. Thanks

[annn]

When you adjust it powered-on, you have to pull the needle off and press it back in place. If you rotated it while powered-on, that explains why on the next trip it dropped back below zero. It only recalibrates itself on power-up. If you move the needle once it has already calibrated, you bypass the initial calibration.

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[jetaimejsc]

Just got back and it worked, thanks CTScott

[GeneralDon7]

I had that same problem when I did my LED change, though mine eventually corrected itself back to 0, but now I have the issue if i accelerate too fast the needle gets stuck at 60.

[jetaimejsc]

mine was getting stuck at around 40ish, i retried what CTScott said and eventually it worked and just kept going to whatever speed i was going without getting stuck