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Old Aug 8, 2015 | 09:28 AM
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1956 Speedometer Needle Adjustment

So my speedo cable was making noise, so I am cleaning and lubing it. Since my speedometer has always read low, I pulled it out and apart and it appears to rest below "0 mph". The needle actually rests on the adjacent gauge. How do I get it to rest on zero? Is there a stop for the needle to rest on that I'm missing?

 
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Figured it out.
There is a metal tang that the rotating part of the mechanism at the bottom rests against. It is easily bent one way or the other to achieve zero.
 
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The flat metal tang stops the little schmeckle on the rotating part. That tang is easily bent with a long nosed pliers.

 
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