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08-13-2006, 12:37 PM

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Cluster Needles Sticking; Need Help!!!asap

MY buddy and i were working on my gauge cluster yesterday to put those glow gauges on, everything worked out great except for the RPM one. After putting everything back together, i took it for a test drive and found out that the TEMP. NEEDLE wont go over the first 1/4, RPM needle does work but shows little lower rpms i mean when idling it showed 400, and the gas needle feels a little heavy. I can fix the speed one but need some help fixing the other ones.
SO JUST NEED A LITTLE HELP!
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08-13-2006, 12:39 PM

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you have to re-calibrate them...but i'm sorry i forgot how. Someone might step in and help.

08-13-2006, 12:40 PM

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Seems as though you did not put it back in properly. I would take them out and give it another shot.

08-13-2006, 12:41 PM

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you have to re-calibrate them...but i'm sorry i forgot how. Someone might step in and help.

I have the method on my homepage

08-13-2006, 12:47 PM

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^ Metal Maxima knows his **** about clusters!!! So khantalha read his homepage!!

08-13-2006, 12:55 PM

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It's somewhere in here, I think

08-13-2006, 01:13 PM

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THANKS GUYS

I just tried it but did not work and remember my cluster is not digital so is there any thing else i can try?

08-13-2006, 01:14 PM

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THANKS GUYS

I just tried it but did not work and remember my cluster is not digital so is there any thing else i can try?

How did you remove the needles and put them back in? Pull or twist?

08-13-2006, 01:17 PM

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How did you remove the needles and put them back in? Pull or twist?

a little bit of both but mostly pull, when i pulled the rpm one it came out with the pin that goes into a little motor.

08-13-2006, 01:25 PM

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a little bit of both but mostly pull, when i pulled the rpm one it came out with the pin that goes into a little motor.

Ah, christ...you might have ruined the servo.

The only thing you can do is remove them and try again.

08-13-2006, 01:28 PM

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yeahhhh, i was thinking the same thing, i ll go ahead and try it and see if it works, and let you know shortly!!!

But thanks anyways.

08-13-2006, 03:58 PM

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i tried it again, had to take it apart. Took it for a test drive every thing works fine now but the needles on RPM and TEMP gauges still feel a little heavy, I mean when i turn it off they go down real slowly. SO is there any thing else or just leave em as they are. and one more thing, when i turned it off the rpm one stopped at about 200-300 rpm but as soon as i turned the key to ON it went back to where it should be..