I really do not know of a definitive method of getting the needle off the
shaft. Just keep gently prying. I haven't destroyed a Speedo yet but I do
get nervous.

Dennis 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Stephen Grisanti
Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 3:00 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: If you've fixed your odometer, read on.

We're snowed in today and I'm taking advantage of it to work on the parts
odometer I picked up this week.� I'm trying to remove the square, clear
plastic gear carrier, the guts of the display, from the black base piece so
that I can manipulate the gears, reset the mileage to what my own van has
and apply the cement to affix the gears to their respective shafts, but the
speedo needle tension spring and holder which fit on the needle shaft are
keeping the whole thing from coming apart.� I'm poking and prying gently but
at this point usually progress to irreparable damage due to boundless
enthusiasm, and the Bentley doesn't go quite far enough into the works to be
of use.

Help prevent a $12 disaster by guiding me through this. Thanks!

Stephen