Okay, so I swapped out my LED's in my gauge cluster this past Saturday and everything went well (in the gauge cluster anyway, the center console is a different story...) Today I noticed (not sure if it was happening prior to today, or not) that the needle on my RPM gauge was stuck at '0' and "twitching" as if trying to move. I pulled out the cluster and took it apart. Took me about 45 mintues to get it to do a full "spin" from 0-8 at engine startup, and it was fine. But once it is put back into the dash, it stops at '0' again. After experimenting with it, I found that it will not move unless the needle is placed between '1' and '2' (1500 RPM). At engine start it makes the full spin, and comes back to '1.5' but looks as if it is trying to go back to '0'. (Refer to image below)
It's as if there is some force or something on the back of the gauge cluster or on the needle keeping it from spinning to where it should be.
Anyone have any idea why this would happen, or how to go about fixing it?
cherryBox
11-20-2006, 11:20 PM
yep, if it's like the xb, you have to give it a full rotation counterclockwise to 0.
davedavetC
11-20-2006, 11:21 PM
its pushed in too far
pull the needle out again, and then push it back in but not all the way to the cluster
cherryBox
11-20-2006, 11:22 PM
btw, nice CEL :P
xtonyC
11-20-2006, 11:23 PM
btw, nice CEL :P
The engine isn't on, I have the key on ACC.
xtonyC
11-20-2006, 11:24 PM
its pushed in too far
pull the needle out again, and then push it back in but not all the way to the cluster
I wasn't the one to pull the needle off/put it back on...my friend did, how do I take off the needle?, I don't want to break it..
SquallLHeart
11-20-2006, 11:31 PM
just pull it straight out from the base... get underneath it...
i'm sure he put it on too tight
xtonyC
11-20-2006, 11:45 PM
I'll try this all tomorrow, I have tons of homework tonight. I'll let everyone know how it goes.
EnderSavesTheDay
11-21-2006, 12:27 AM
hope it goes well
and for future reference, it's a tachometer =)
xtonyC
11-21-2006, 01:09 AM
hope it goes well
and for future reference, it's a tachometer =)
Not when it's not functioning.
haha
cherryBox
11-21-2006, 01:18 AM
i guess RPM is shorter than tachometer, i'd type it, course, I'd just say tach :P
cherryBox
11-21-2006, 06:20 PM
...any update?
xtonyC
11-21-2006, 09:36 PM
Well, I did a combination of the two solutions stated here.
I rotated the needle once counter-clockwise, and pulled it out. I couldn't figure out how to pull it completely off to reposition it, and I didn't want to yank on it and break it, so i just pulled until it worked properly.
Everything is good.
I'd say lock this thread, but someone might have further questions eventually, if the mess up as I did.