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Adjusting mileage counter in speedometer

 
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flybd5
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 20, 2019 9:41 am    Post subject: Adjusting mileage counter in speedometer Reply with quote

Boy, it took some careful, gentle work over about 2 hours, but I finally figured out how to adjust the odometer on a mph/kmh unit I bought to replace my kmh european instrument cluster. I decided to have the odometer match the current mileage km on my bike, mostly because I want to avoid any grief about differences. Also, I had to open it up anyway because the needle came off in shipping and I had to put it back on (it's just pressure mounted).

The hard part was figuring out how to take it apart, since the shop manual isn't very clear as to which screws have to be removed...

Bottom line, you have to be really gentle, adjust each number wheel by rotating UP, not down, and it takes two clicks per number. I now have a speedo with an honest indication of mileage. Next I have to install it on my bike, but first I am going to upgrade all the lightbulbs to LED's. Ordered them from a pinball machine supplies store in the Netherlands, since I had already ordered a ton of them to upgrade a 1990's Data East Star Wars pinball machine owned by one of my clients.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 20, 2019 12:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There's another way to accomplish this without odometer disassembly. Just insert a small regular(flat) screwdriver in between the wheels and rotate it clockwise. While doing this you need to make enough of a gap between the two wheels for their little cogs to disconnect. The digit on the left side of the screwdriver will increase by one each time you do this.

Start at the second from the right (tens) digit and move to the left since each time you spin a number past 9 the number to the left of it will increase.

As an example I just did this and it only took a couple of minutes:


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 21, 2019 1:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Now he tells me. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

flybd5 wrote:
Now he tells me. Very Happy


If you want to know how to do things on a K without breaking things then just ask me. Because I've probably broken more things on a K than anybody else on the planet.

"Experience teaches us things that we never wanted to learn in the first place."
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 3:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Flying Duck wrote:
flybd5 wrote:
Now he tells me. Very Happy


If you want to know how to do things on a K without breaking things then just ask me. Because I've probably broken more things on a K than anybody else on the planet.

"Experience teaches us things that we never wanted to learn in the first place."


Well, I didn't break it. I just took a long time. Smile
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