 Anyone that's done the odo fix, Should I be able to move it by hand? |
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| john77 |
 Oct 16 2014, 08:25 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 621 Joined: 21-February 14 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 17,027 Region Association: Southern California 
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Just took my odo apart and crushed the metal gear out of round with a vise grip. Now that I've put the odo back together if I spin the plastic gear that rotates the metal arm with the number wheels on it only moves a certain amount forward and then jams.
Should it move completely freely or is this right? I obviously don't want to fit it back in my car and strip the plastic gears if it's wrong. Thanks John |
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| bandjoey |
Oct 16 2014, 11:06 PM
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bandjoey Group: Members Posts: 4,926 Joined: 26-September 07 From: Bedford Tx Member No.: 8,156 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Jump over to pelican parts. They have a tech article on odo repair.
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| john77 |
Oct 17 2014, 11:01 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 621 Joined: 21-February 14 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 17,027 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(bandjoey @ Oct 16 2014, 10:06 PM)  Jump over to pelican parts. They have a tech article on odo repair. Thanks. I've actually read it, and done it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I'm just wondering if I've done it right... |
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| Bob L. |
Oct 17 2014, 11:04 AM
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I had a similar problem when I did mine. The wheels weren't lined up right. I ended up resetting it to 0 miles an it was OK.
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| Dave_Darling |
Oct 17 2014, 11:24 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,986 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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Jamming is not right. You may be able to get it to move smoothly by re-fiddling the assembly, as I assume Bob did. But if you really made the OD of the pot-metal gear an oblong, you may be hosed. For my repair, I actually used some pliers with sharp teeth to rough up the shaft where it goes through the gear. Others have used a pin punch to peen the gear around the opening, only distorting the opening.
I hope you can get it working again... --DD |
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| john77 |
Oct 17 2014, 11:41 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 621 Joined: 21-February 14 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 17,027 Region Association: Southern California
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Thanks guys.
I didn't put that much pressure on it, and the shaft went back through it (with a little encouragement) so hopefully it's not toast. We'll see. I'll take it apart tonight and see if fiddling with the wheels helps. |
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