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Trip Meter Knob
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 12:17 pm
by CopperCollar
I have a set of 79 gauges but can't get the trip meter to unscrew.
In the past I just cut it off but I would like to try and keep this one .
Mike
Re: Trip Meter Knob
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 12:26 pm
by tevan
Mike,
Have you tried a little heat with a Heatgun? I have had one that I had the same issue and heated it up a little and it worked for me. Once I got it off I seen I where somebody used loctite on it. Good luck
Re: Trip Meter Knob
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 12:56 pm
by steve murdoch icoa #5322
Isn't that the one with the reverse thread?
Re: Trip Meter Knob
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:32 pm
by tevan
It is reverse of resetting the odometer.
Re: Trip Meter Knob
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 6:35 pm
by Michael Vidovic
tevan wrote:It is reverse of resetting the odometer.
I think it is reverse thread. Takes a bit of jiggling but persevere.
Re: Trip Meter Knob
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 11:11 pm
by NobleHops
Turn it clockwise Mike. It may stick but thats how it unscrews.
Re: Trip Meter Knob
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 3:07 pm
by CopperCollar
Thanks guys.
I tried heat wouldn't budge. Finally cut the stem then got a small exacto saw type blade and cut the remaining stem, still had to use a side cutters to get the damn thing off.
It was glued on with something.
Mike
Re: Trip Meter Knob
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 12:28 pm
by Larry Zimmer
Ouch. Makes me wonder if someone forced a different, similar sized, screw of rh thread into it. OR, J-B'ed it in.