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Alternative to pliers removing Instrument pointers
Bob & everyonne else,
You can also make up a 'needle fork'. Get a conventional fork cut the two outer tynes off, and bend the two inner tynes very close together, allowing a small slot of about 1-2mm to exist between the two tynes. Use a cheap, pressed sheet, flat tyned fork, is the best bet as it provides the most pressure on the inside of the needle on the shaft. Not Granny's heirloom silver forks with the rounded points. Make these tynes so close, that you can only slide them around a shaft, then the circular part of the needle (mounting bit where the shaft goes through) can be used as a purchase point behind the needle. When removing the needle, slide the fork behind the needle rest the tynes against the circular part in the centre, and pull vertically. It will save you twisting shafts..  Ian.
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Pliers Usage
Hi Ian - Ada is out today so I'll hunt around for a fork. Re. pliers usage, I only use them to grasp the shaft, usually between the face plate mounting bracket and the magnetic drive. This way there is no pressure exerted on the needle shaft drive train and the needle callibration spring.
Bob
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Hi all - I am having trouble getting the prongs close enough together.
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instrument gauges; not forks or track gauges
Oh brother!
There are classic car restorers who have worked on this problem before. Maybe their forums will be more serious!
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speedos
I've pulled apart various speedos .. series 1 Land rover, Jeep, Morris Commercial ... to remove the needle .. I use a pair of scissors .. I carefully place the tips beneath the needle , at its hub , apply upward levering pressure
The needle flies off with some force , and I've lost a couple of them as it flew off somewhere . That's interesting about Stewart Warner ... the contemporary Jeep gauges look similar, but are different apparently. SW was a GM owned company I think ? A Jeep ammeter would suffice as it's a generic instrument . Fuel gauge would be tricky ... has to be matched to the Chevy sender unit . Mike
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