- Sat Oct 17, 2015 6:47 pm
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It is technically illegal, but you're not doing it fraudulently if you're matching the correct mileage and you're not likely to ever get caught. I had to do this on mine because the original (wasn't even the original) cluster had a raised heat bubble on the gauge face and then later the thing died on me.
If you take it apart to do it as I did, you have to remove the needle to get the gauge face off. That screws up the calibration. It's very hard to get the needle back into the right place and have an "accurate" speed reading, if you can call it that because from the factory the speedo is off by 5-8mph depending on what part of the arc you're on. Shocking; I know- but try it. Download an app called Speedometer and check it out for yourself.
I managed to get my needle back to where it needs to be but it was a huge PITA, took many attempts, and wasn't very safe at times (think moving vehicle) so instead this is what I'll tell you:
You CAN change the numbers without taking it fully apart if you are very careful and patient. It's very tedious. I would get a spare odometer and do it and then swap it in to avoid down time or being rushed, and also because chances are high that you'll screw it up on your first try. There's no way to really explain it. You'll just have to look closely and figure it out. I'm not putting pics up on the internet because you know how that goes.
Pry out some wiggle space. Move a number into that space so it's de-latched from the number wheel beside it. Rotate it to the number you want, then move to the next. After you're done, push them all together again tight. GL