Removing the speedo needle? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

71MUTT · 04-15-2007, 03:48 PM

Could someone please help me figure out how to remove the speedo needle?
I'm trying to switch speedometers without damage.
Thank you.

dan42 · 04-15-2007, 04:21 PM

ttt for ya.

kyull67 · 04-15-2007, 04:23 PM

I've always been able to just pull them right off. I'm sure there's a better way though.

71MUTT · 04-15-2007, 04:29 PM

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

3/4tonterror · 04-15-2007, 04:33 PM

they pull off but be carefull to do it evenly cause there aluminum and bent easy.I just painted all my needles body color. gold

71MUTT · 04-15-2007, 05:47 PM

I'll bet that gold looks nice. Well, I gave it a good hard steady pull. It didn't budge. What I'll do is just paint the needles orange. I was putting my original speedo in a tach cluster. My speedo needle is really faded. All the needles in the new cluster look pretty good. Need to get the paint and I'm also waiting for a new wiper switch I ordered. I'll take a pic when I'm done.

3/4tonterror · 04-15-2007, 06:44 PM

good luck,ill get pics too, of the gold i did.

724x4a/cchevy · 04-15-2007, 10:18 PM

stick a fork underneath and pull straight up. Its always worked for me!

brak · 04-15-2007, 11:33 PM

or a flat screwdriver lifting with LIGHT pressure

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 04-16-2007, 01:36 AM

Church key might work if you pad the face of the dial. I was afraid to mess with mine, so I just isolated the gauge part in saranwrap/paper/masking tape and left the needle exposed. Then I shot it with a flourescent red/orange spray paint and was pleased with the result. Same process for gas gauge too.
[*a church key is a can-opener if you're too young to remember when beer needed to be opened with a tool.]

*72lb4x4* · 04-16-2007, 01:42 AM

Church key--how quaint! Sort of like a fax machine.

I remember when pop/soda bottles were opened with the other end of a church key, but beer cans had the pull tabs that actually came off... I've seen pics though.

I picked up a bright orange paint pen from a craft store, masked behind the needle and painted them. Never thought to remove 'em.

GREASEMONKEY72 · 04-16-2007, 04:17 AM

i tried pulling mine off by hand and it wouldnt so i just left it, but i would like to paint them since the speedo needle is yellowish white and the fuel needle is light orange and yellow

3/4tonterror - id love to see what the gold looks like

04-15-2007, 03:48 PM	#1
71MUTT Can't ReMember Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Orlando area Posts: 258	Removing the speedo needle? Could someone please help me figure out how to remove the speedo needle? I'm trying to switch speedometers without damage. Thank you. __________________ Adversity doesn't test your character; it reveals it. 71 C-10 LWB 350/TH350. I purchased it in 1978 for $1400. I'm currently abusing it daily. (when it's running )

04-15-2007, 04:21 PM	#2
dan42 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cali Central Coast Posts: 5,191	Re: Removing the speedo needle? ttt for ya. __________________ '67 SWB Fleetside ZZ4/350/Tremec 5-speed/4link/Scott's IFS - and fun as heck! SOLD Click here to support the board Philippians 4: 6-7

04-15-2007, 04:23 PM	#3
kyull67 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Springfield/Kansas City Posts: 1,842	Re: Removing the speedo needle? I've always been able to just pull them right off. I'm sure there's a better way though. __________________ The first '67 The current '67 '63 Biscayne

04-15-2007, 04:29 PM	#4
71MUTT Can't ReMember Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Orlando area Posts: 258	Re: Removing the speedo needle? Thanks, I'll give it a try. __________________ Adversity doesn't test your character; it reveals it. 71 C-10 LWB 350/TH350. I purchased it in 1978 for $1400. I'm currently abusing it daily. (when it's running )

04-15-2007, 04:33 PM	#5
3/4tonterror Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: jaffrey,NH Posts: 325	Re: Removing the speedo needle? they pull off but be carefull to do it evenly cause there aluminum and bent easy.I just painted all my needles body color. gold

04-15-2007, 05:47 PM	#6
71MUTT Can't ReMember Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Orlando area Posts: 258	Re: Removing the speedo needle? I'll bet that gold looks nice. Well, I gave it a good hard steady pull. It didn't budge. What I'll do is just paint the needles orange. I was putting my original speedo in a tach cluster. My speedo needle is really faded. All the needles in the new cluster look pretty good. Need to get the paint and I'm also waiting for a new wiper switch I ordered. I'll take a pic when I'm done. __________________ Adversity doesn't test your character; it reveals it. 71 C-10 LWB 350/TH350. I purchased it in 1978 for $1400. I'm currently abusing it daily. (when it's running )

04-15-2007, 06:44 PM	#7
3/4tonterror Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: jaffrey,NH Posts: 325	Re: Removing the speedo needle? good luck,ill get pics too, of the gold i did.

04-15-2007, 10:18 PM	#8
724x4a/cchevy Self-proclaimed LED man Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Harrisburg, Missouri Posts: 1,021	Re: Removing the speedo needle? stick a fork underneath and pull straight up. Its always worked for me! __________________ My LED Website My Photobucket Album of LED's Ask me about hand-made custom L.E.D brake and reverse lights. <- LINK I also do LED: -Third Brake/Cargo -Brake (truck and burb) -Reverse (truck and burb) -67-68 Front Turn Signals -69-70 Front Turn Signals -71-72 Front Turn Signals -GMC Front Turn Signals I can also do custom lights for other vehicles....i did a set for a AMC Gremlin once Norwood Survivor

04-15-2007, 11:33 PM	#9
brak Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: MinneSNOWta Posts: 1,381	Re: Removing the speedo needle? or a flat screwdriver lifting with *LIGHT* pressure __________________ 2003 GMC Sierra 1500 WT 1995 Nissan Hardbody 2016 Hyundai Veloster Turbo DC2 (SW/AW) Clyde W. Harvey USN "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery" Winston Churchill

04-16-2007, 01:36 AM	#10
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,517	Re: Removing the speedo needle? Church key might work if you pad the face of the dial. I was afraid to mess with mine, so I just isolated the gauge part in saranwrap/paper/masking tape and left the needle exposed. Then I shot it with a flourescent red/orange spray paint and was pleased with the result. Same process for gas gauge too. [a church key is a can-opener if you're too young to remember when beer needed to be opened with a tool.] __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not. Last edited by '68OrangeSunshine; 04-16-2007 at 01:37 AM.*

04-16-2007, 01:42 AM	#11
72lb4x4 Account Suspended Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: DFW Posts: 1,427	Re: Removing the speedo needle? Church key--how quaint! Sort of like a fax machine. I remember when pop/soda bottles were opened with the other end of a church key, but beer cans had the pull tabs that actually came off... I've seen pics though. I picked up a bright orange paint pen from a craft store, masked behind the needle and painted them. Never thought to remove 'em.

04-16-2007, 04:17 AM	#12
GREASEMONKEY72 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bakersfield,CA Posts: 7,893	Re: Removing the speedo needle? i tried pulling mine off by hand and it wouldnt so i just left it, but i would like to paint them since the speedo needle is yellowish white and the fuel needle is light orange and yellow 3/4tonterror - id love to see what the gold looks like __________________ -steven Alte Seele S.S. "Allison" '72 C/10 LWB 350SB/TH350 - DD PITBULL IS NOT A CRIME

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