My GS just has half of a speedo needle. However since the speedo drive is shot it doesn't work anyway, so it matches the tach. Guages are overrated anyway. LOL.
On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > I painted a tooth pick with a magic marker and glued it to what was left > of the old needle > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 30, 2014, at 2:17 PM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm in the same boat and googled how to remove the needle. One guy > mentioned the "fork" method where you slide the tines around the shaft then > gently pry, this method worked great on a spare tachometer that I have but > so far hasn't worked on the speedo. The other method is where you hold the > back of the shaft with vice grips and then try and twist it off, I haven't > had luck with this yet either, but again I'm nervous about applying too > much pressure and breaking it worse than it is. I still have both pieces of > the needle so what I may do is just glue it back together in place and > maybe put some skinny plastic bits underneath it to reinforce it from > behind. > > > > -Kyle > > > On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Tommy Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > >> How do I get this thing off? Seems like I am gonna break it. Have bent >> (and fixed) the center post but don't wanna pry harder. Must fix it while >> on there? Needle broke off and gonna make a new one. What should I make >> it out of? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
