Swapping instrument cluster face plates

[11davie]

Has anyone ever done this on the tachometer? When I had mine out of the cluster I did not see any way of doing that. The needle is on there pretty good.  The face plates on my V look really good, and if I can do this it means I can buy a less expensive cluster on eBay to fix my tach.

Levin

[Rikugun]

It seems to me some members were replacing gage faces with custom printed versions. I recall reading the needle can be difficult to remove and is easily damaged. Apparently if the shaft comes out the tach is dead.

I searched and found this post where a user was successful in removing the needle despite being told it is impossible to do.

http://ridersofvision.net/rovforum/index.php?topic=14364.msg130320#msg130320

[11davie]

That's interesting, he used PC slot cover.  I might do more searching and see what was done.  I picked up a cluster off eBay yesterday though.  Low mileage and low fading so I'm hopeful the tach works. Last weekend I realized I never verified that it was getting 12 volts and a good ground when I tested the tach signal wire, but that all tested good too, so that just leaves something in the tach itself.