66 F100 Odometer Stuck, Speedometer Bouncing
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5th Wheeling
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66 F100 Odometer Stuck, Speedometer Bouncing
Hey y'all! A while ago I fixed my speedometer/odometer (neither worked at all, I had to replace the drive gear) and it worked perfectly for the last several months. Tonight while I was driving, the odometer got about halfway through rolling to 34,000 and stuck and now the speedometer bounces a lot and clicks. You can hear the click at low speeds where it bounces the needle up about 20mph past what I'm actually going but once I pass 25mph, the bounces get super small and fast and the clicks get drowned out by the engine and road noise. It bounces with the clicks. I'm assuming, for whatever reason, the odometer got stuck and the clicking is it trying to spin it but failing. Has anyone ever had this problem? Is the head salvageable or is it going to be done for? The cable is attached firmly on the back of the head. Moving it moves the whole cluster. I'm going to take the cluster out tomorrow and see if I can find anything but for now, does anyone have any experience with this issue? Thanks!
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5th Wheeling
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Not since replacing the drive gear. I feel like that'd be quite the coincidence if the cable started binding right as the odometer hit a round number. I'll give that a look tomorrow though.
Cargo Master
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I once had the odometer stick on an old Ford car, I don't believe it was on a big round number though. I noticed it right away and backed up a fair distance and darned if it didn't start working again. I doubt you would be so lucky.
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