Thread: Odometer woes
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Old 09-09-2019, 10:36 AM   #7
cwcarpenter98
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Re: Odometer woes

I put a new cable in the truck back when I had the first odometer roll stop spinning. Plugged new cable in, and the speedo would bounce around, but the odometer was still stuck. Pulled odometer roll out and the speedo worked great with no bouncing around.

Since then, I've put a new transmission in the truck. The speedo with no odometer still worked great with the new trans, so I decided to try a new driven gear to get my speedo to be more accurate with my tire size. The driven gear I need also requires me to replace the drive gear in the transmission to mesh right and work properly. I don't want to pull the trans apart just for that, so I put the driven gear back in the trans and the speedo worked as before. Before swapping the clusters, the speedo in it worked just fine, but there was no odometer in it.

It probably doesn't help that some of the plastic gears inside the speedo that spin the odometer are chewed up a small amount from the odometer rolls stopping, but I have no idea where to source those if they are even available.

All that to say that I am confident that I have 2 odometer rolls that are sticking.

I hope my reply does not come across as rude. I appreciate y'alls input, and I am just trying to continuously make my truck better
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