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Old 10-18-2007, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by ForcedInduction View Post
Almost. The worm gears and gear that transmits power to the trip odometer are plastic but the gear on the odometer shaft is metal.

I didn't use any loctite, I just scored the shaft with a screwdriver to provide a positive bite between the gear and shaft.

Just seconding this. Has worked every time and takes about 30 minutes start to finish. It doesn't take much to get the gear to grab the shaft again.

Klaus
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