Please help me

[v6theworld]

Hi guys I'm relatively new to this and I've just brought my first car (a VS series 2 commodore 1996) I've done a fair bit of work on her myself. My odometer hasn't worked since I brought it and I was told by a mechanic it is most likely a set of gears that run the odometer, I've replaced them and it still doesn't work. Any help?

 

[VS 5.0]

Hi guys I'm relatively new to this and I've just brought my first car (a VS series 2 commodore 1996) I've done a fair bit of work on her myself. My odometer hasn't worked since I brought it and I was told by a mechanic it is most likely a set of gears that run the odometer, I've replaced them and it still doesn't work. Any help?

When I replaced mine they didn't work straight away.

I took the gauge cluster out again and wound it forward a couple of kms and it was good to go.

Also check that there isn't a small piece of cog from the old gear stuck in there.

 

[Draimond]

Not strictly related to your question, but I seem to remember that one of the things that'll snap the plastic gear is hitting the trip reset button while moving.
It's been over a decade since I've done the od gears... Aren't they meant to have some kinda plastic safe grease on them too.

 

[woteva]

Were your old gears busted ?

Here is a before pic from a VS cluster i did last year.

 

[grey_hawk]

That gear looks like my mouth...

 

[v6theworld]

Were your old gears busted ?

Here is a before pic from a VS cluster i did last year.
View attachment 264284

Yeah the smaller one had a few teeth missing

 

[v6theworld]

Not strictly related to your question, but I seem to remember that one of the things that'll snap the plastic gear is hitting the trip reset button while moving.
It's been over a decade since I've done the od gears... Aren't they meant to have some kinda plastic safe grease on them too.

Yeah I did put some grease on it.

 

[v6theworld]

When I replaced mine they didn't work straight away.

I took the gauge cluster out again and wound it forward a couple of kms and it was good to go.

Also check that there isn't a small piece of cog from the old gear stuck in there.

Just pulled her apart again, there wassnt any old teeth lodged so I wound her forward then put her back in, the trip meter worked for a bit then stopped working the odometer didn't work at any point

 

[ephect]

Just pulled her apart again, there wassnt any old teeth lodged so I wound her forward then put her back in, the trip meter worked for a bit then stopped working the odometer didn't work at any point

Did you replace the gear or see that it was missing teeth?

 

[v6theworld]

Did you replace the gear or see that it was missing teeth?

When I first did it yes the old gear had missing teeth so I had replaced it. The new gear has no issues