VW Speedometer Repair - Frozen - wiggling needle - seized 

FYI some speedometers have twist tabs to remove the section in the video. They often break off. I usually will fix them using j and b weld during the assembly process. Put the parts together and sand the areas you put j and b weld on. make sure the needle moves easily then mix up j and b let it sit overnight then finish the assembly.

you're a man of all trades from the heavy structural work to final painting to clock working, this is tipically a clock worker domain very good video.

Thanks for this! I was able to loosen up two different seized speedometers by using a heat gun instead of a torch and I didn't have to disassemble them. Thought I'd give it a try before taking them apart again. put some 3n1 oil in them. one is getting installed, the other is just a spare. We'll see how long it lasts, but I couldn't believe how solidly it was stuck and how little heat it took to loosen it. I used a speedo cable that I cut the end off of and chucked it in a drill to spin it once it was free.

We have just had a similar problem with our 67 split van, it was an erratic needle bouncing around all over the place, then a ticking noise until it stopped working, took it apart carefully following your video as its very similar to a split van speedo.

I got a Karmann Ghia and that cable goes straight in as well

Hi Mike, have you done video showing how to get the heater slides and instrument cluster out of a '68 T2 bus, to repair/replace the speedo?

Hey Mike, think you got the color for the charge (left round) incorrectly in green. It shold be RED like the oil pressure light (right round). Another thing - if you look closely on the INTERNAL bezel which you took apart with the glass and outer bezel - you will see it has the outer color BLACK and the inner color what used to be white ( in the video i noticed its yellowish/ash-covered) - you should sand the inner side and repaint in glossy white - it will do magic with the baclight illuminatiin when driving at night.

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As I was driving mine started to jump around and then stopped working , do you if it’s the same repair as this ??