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Subject:Re: Odometer Broken
From:George A Lehman
Date:Thu, 23 Aug 2001 19:10:47 -0500

Odometer sometimes can be repaired.  Fault often a nylon gear which is
force fit on a metal shaft.
If the gear is not broken, just slipping, you can sometimes roughen up
the shaft and then slip the gear back
into place.  Some have purchased new gears ... should be in the archives
....

Good Luck,

George in Superior, WI
1982 westy bought new in '82

On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 12:45:01 -0500 Donald Baxter <onanov@MINDSPRING.COM>
writes:
> My odometer (85 GL) seems to be broken--not moving anyway.
> Speedometer
> seems to be okay.  Tried searching the archives for repair options
> and,
> as I have 212,000 miles on the clock, I'd like to keep my existing
> one.
> Any mail order repair places that are reliable and cheap?  How much
> should I expect to pay for the fix?
>
> _____
>
> Donald Baxter  Iowa City, Iowa
> (319) 337-0494
> www.mindspring.com/~onanov
>
> "I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention
> to
> them."
>      -- Susan Sontag.
>
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