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@comcast.net>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>; <6parts@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
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