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Old 08-13-2012, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by ROLLGUY View Post
Exactly what I was talking about. It is hard to make any kind of glue stay ONLY on the shaft between the gear.
I also found it's not possible to get glue into where it's needed per the Diesel Giant tutorial.

I posted about that in 2006 not long after i bought my first Mercedes 83 300D T and came up with "knurling" the shaft with dikes as a fix, as others have done. Diesel Giant himself posted in my thread but it seems his tutorial still has the bit about using glue.

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/143331-fixed-my-broken-odometer.html
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