Speedometer restoration results

[spec4don]

A couple of mine were plastic, maybe 50’s rebuilds.

Don G.

[BillM3]

I am now starting to restore my speedometer. Does anyone know how to get the needle of? I never done it so any tips or tricks would be really helpful. Thanks in advance.

[Outsider]

It's just pushed on.

Steve

[R.E.Co.]

I am now starting to restore my speedometer. Does anyone know how to get the needle of? I never done it so any tips or tricks would be really helpful. Thanks in advance.

Be careful but should pull it straight off.  It might be alittle snug so be mindful not to bend the needle as you pull.  Grab it right in the center where the shaft goes down below the face.

Jon

[coreyelliott]

I think I used some thin needle nose pliers or small forceps.  It was a stressful process.

Corey

[8683jb]

If you're reluctant to pull on the needle, you can make up a miniature crow bar by cutting a short slot in a metal strip that will fit under the hub of the needle. Make the slot just wider than the shaft. Use another thin strip of wood or metal under the crow bar as a fulcrum and push the needle off. The fulcrum shouldn't be so thick that levering the needle off tries to bend the shaft - you want it push it as straight up as possible. It should pop off pretty easily.

Jon

[BillM3]

Thanks everyone for the help. I will give it a try, I hope it works I am really scared that I will bend the needle.