w126 odometer gear placement - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

E150GT · #1 06-10-2009, 08:44 PM

I have ordered my odometer gear, the correct one, for the second time because I stupidly ordered the gear with the wrong tooth count. While I wait for that to come in I do have some issues. In the process of removing the gears, I did not note the placement of the gears. Today I did a search and found a bunch of threads about broken odometers, including some of my own. What I found was a lot of talk about the gears, but what I need is a picture or an order of how they go into the odometer. I found a few pictures from a link from odometergears.com, but the pictures are of a BMW and are very poor quality. Would anyone know off hand how these things go back. Its gonna be a royal pain in the butt to have to put it all together and take it back apart again everytime to make it right. Thanks

hsahai · #2 06-11-2009, 09:58 AM

Why not get used odometer from the junk yard. They are not expensive.

TX76513 · #3 06-11-2009, 10:02 AM

What view are you looking for? I could snap a 126 odo pic.

E150GT · #4 06-11-2009, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by hsahai

Why not get used odometer from the junk yard. They are not expensive.

They are not reliable. I alredy have a junkyard one and it does not work any more.

E150GT · #5 06-11-2009, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by TX76513

What view are you looking for? I could snap a 126 odo pic.

I am looking for the orientation of the gears in place inside the odometer.

david s poole · #6 06-11-2009, 10:49 AM

take apart the junkyard one that doesn't work and you will have the picture that you need.

E150GT · #7 06-11-2009, 11:34 AM

That was my contingency plan, but I didnt want to go to pick n pull again. I experimented last year on my original gauge cluster and then tossed it with a bunch of stuff when I moved. The one I have apart is the junkyard one. One of these days I will learn to leave my car alone when I am bored. It only creates a headache for me.