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> From: Jim Adney > > On 26 Dec 2005 at 19:46, Dave Sanderson wrote: > > > Another question ... I have a 6 V and a 12 V clock. The > face on the 6 > > V clock is in excellent shape while the 12 V clock has a crack > > through the numbers. I want to use the face, that is the > piece with > > the numbers, from the 6 V and place it in the 12 V clock. But I > > cannot figure out how to get the movement arms off. There is the > > fitting on the end but it does not appear to screw or pull off and > > yet I believe it must. Has anyone else taken one of these > apart? Thanks. > > As far as I know, no one had figured out a way to remove the clock > hands gracefully. I can't even tell you how they are fastened in > place; I've never managed to get one off and I've tried REALLY hard. Bit of a late reply - grinding through the holiday backlog. I haven't done a VW clock, but have done a Honda M/C speedo. The needle was only pressed on, but VERY firmly - normal force didn't budge it. The "approved" technique was to get 2 teaspoons and lever it off evenly from both sides at once. Came off fine. Don't know how much stress it put on the bearing, but the speedo still works fine. HTH, Matt. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~