<VV> How Do I Unstick My Odometer

[Louis C. Armer,Jr.]

Hey Craig, Greasing what? The cable shaft or the speedometer head???

Chuck Armer
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At 11:02 AM 8/4/2006, you wrote:
><snip>When I got the car, the speedo cable was broken. I've since replaced it
>and the odometer does not move. It is stuck at 19945.9. How can I weasel a
>wire or otherwise access the odometer and un-stick it?
>
>While on the subject/area of odometer. The speedometer is quite erratic,
>especially at speeds over 50 MPH. Is this going to settle down with 
>use, or am I
>destined to remove and clean or replace? Tom <Unsnip>
>
>Your odometer cannot be "unstuck".  The little gears with their 45-year old
>dry grease have given their last and are stripped out. The 
>speedometer bearings
>are also sticking and that's why your speedo needle is erratic. They stick
>and wind-up your new cable then release, which causes a momentary surge in
>indicated speed.  It's quite likely that your sticking speedo head 
>helped with the
>failure of your original speedo cable.  At any rate, it's time to 
>take out the
>dash and send the speedo to a shop for repair or replace it with another
>unit. If you don't want to do that, you might try pulling the cable shaft and
>greasing it with lubriplate.
>Craig in Coeur d'Alene
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