Thanks Stuart.

Ya, likely my ham handed-ness cause this but for sure the speedometer needle
was very tight to spindle. If I recall, there was a small gap between
face of speedometer
and end of metal part of needle that slips over shaft. Thought maybe a
tool could be put at that
point to prise the needle up and off. Good tip on pre load added measurement.

> VDO should really be ashamed of themselves for how lazy they were in making
> these speedos.

At the original poster:
if you need to take apart your speedometer,
consider adding a bracket on speedometer to help hold
the odometer shaft in place. Image of what I mean:

http://tinyurl.com/hdqsnow

Neil.

On 7/3/16, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote:

> Spoons need to be as close to the center of the disk the needle is mounted
> to, or you risk breaking that disk.  My needle was incredibly tight. I've
> had good speed correction moving the needle about 1/4 to 1/2 inch farther
> than that spot you reference.
>
> VDO should really be ashamed of themselves for how lazy they were in making
> these speedos.

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