Removing the speedometer, odometer & tripmeter: Difference between revisions

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Now remove the 2 phillips screws on either side of the speedometer cable receptacle. This allows you to take the entire speedo/odo/tripmeter assembly out of the white plastic housing in one piece. ~~Now it~~ looks like this:

Now remove the 2 phillips screws on either side of the speedometer cable receptacle. This allows you to take the entire speedo/odo/tripmeter assembly out of the white plastic housing in one piece. It looks like this.

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Being careful to not strip them, use a #2 phillips or a [http://faq.ninja250.org/wiki/Cleaning_the_carbs_1#Screwdriver_notes JIS screwdriver] and remove these screws:

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The tripmeter now pops out.

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If you've screwed up anything in the trip odometer assembly, just toss it and replace with one from another gauge cluster of ANY condition. More than likely a cluster from eBay that has all the tabs broken off will provide a tripmeter that is completely usable.

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 [[image:speedo removal 1.jpg|150px]]
-Now remove the 2 phillips screws on either side of the speedometer cable receptacle. This allows you to take the entire speedo/odo/tripmeter assembly out of the white plastic housing in one piece. Now it looks like this:
+Now remove the 2 phillips screws on either side of the speedometer cable receptacle. This allows you to take the entire speedo/odo/tripmeter assembly out of the white plastic housing in one piece. It looks like this.
+[[image:2011-06-10232109.jpg|150px]]
+[[image:2011-06-10232116.jpg|150px]]
 Being careful to not strip them, use a #2 phillips or a [http://faq.ninja250.org/wiki/Cleaning_the_carbs_1#Screwdriver_notes JIS screwdriver] and remove these screws:
+[[image:2011-06-10232011.jpg|150px]]
+[[image:2011-06-10231903.jpg|150px]]
 The tripmeter now pops out.
+[[image:2011-06-10231724.jpg|150px]]
 If you've screwed up anything in the trip odometer assembly, just toss it and replace with one from another gauge cluster of ANY condition. More than likely a cluster from eBay that has all the tabs broken off will provide a tripmeter that is completely usable.