often, the needle indicator of a gauge is simply snugly press fitted over the steel pin of the potentiometer (ie the 'guts' of the gauge).
as such, the needle can be 'shoved' on its pin, and rotated into a new position when you try and rotate the needle beyond the range of movt of the 'guts' (which youve done).
to fix - you can either rotate the needle by hand in the opposite direction to the original shove, and wait for resitance to be felt, then push the needle further by the amount you want to reset it by.
alternatively, with fine pliars or a micro flat blade screwdriver, pull/pry the needle off the underlying shaft. then just put it back on at the zero point you want.
NOTE: this advice come from my pulling apart various OTHER kinds of gauges - not auto gauges. but im assuming theyre the same design.
Sun, 15 June 2003 16:06
