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?

 

yep, if it's like the xb, you have to give it a full rotation counterclockwise to 0.

 

its pushed in too far
pull the needle out again, and then push it back in but not all the way to the cluster

 

btw, nice CEL

 

The engine isn't on, I have the key on ACC.

 

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..

 

just pull it straight out from the base... get underneath it...

i'm sure he put it on too tight

 

I'll try this all tomorrow, I have tons of homework tonight. I'll let everyone know how it goes.

 

hope it goes well

and for future reference, it's a tachometer =)

 

Not when it's not functioning.
haha

 

i guess RPM is shorter than tachometer, i'd type it, course, I'd just say tach

 

...any update?

 

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.

Thanks to everyone for the help.