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as visible in my video in this post, my speedometer drum is stuck around 60mph. it was at 0mph while parked for a long time, but when i drove it to its current location, it stuck and stayed at its currently location. i was most definitely NOT going 60mph, so the reading is erroneous; however, i suspect it was sticky and 'jumped' to a higher readout due to resistance.

my question is this: has anyone tried to remedy this? i imagine the mechanism is probably spring-loaded to return the drum to zero when not in use... do you think the spring has broken, or has the bearing just gotten stuck?

i have yet to take my dash cluster apart... i like to know ahead of time what i am getting myself into.

It's a fairly major pain in the arse to get the instrument cluster out of the dash. I recommend either dealing with it, or preparing to spend a lot of time with your arms and hands twisted into balls...and bleeding all over the upholstery

haha, well it may just have to wait then, because there *might* be a couple other things to do...