Oystercopy
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Hey guys..
So, I recently upgraded my dash to the proper Rallye Gauges in the Challenger.
After that, I realized that the Clock never did keep time, which seemed really irritating to me, since I bought (and paid a lot of $$ for) brand new gauges. And, strangely, the clock knob seemed to get harder to turn, every time I tried to adjust/set the time on it.
I had the shop that ordered and installed the clock get a new one on warranty for me, which was an OER product. Thankfully, they honored the warranty and sent them a new clock.
The new one was - unfortunately - just as hard to turn as the old one and I was looking for a way to free that mechanism up, so that the clock would run and keep the proper time.
I had nothing to lose, so I removed the 3 clock hands, broke (cut) 2 of the 3 welds on the back of the faceplate, which allowed me to rotate the clock mechanism 180 degrees to get to the clock shaft. I put ONE drop of my favorite oil in the stem and VOILA! It freed up the shaft immediately!
So, I put 12V to the clock and set the time, and the damn thing ran for days and kept the proper time... I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT!
I suspect that all (or most) of you have never had these clocks run at the proper time, so I wanted to share the pics of what I did to the clock to fix it, and hopefully, some of you may want to do the same if your clocks are not keeping time. I don't know if this type of repair would apply to the clocks on the non Rallye gauges, but it might.
I realize that the repair I used to seal it back up (JB Weld) isn't the prettiest looking repair, but you'll never see it from the front of the gauges anyway, and being able to repair it without damaging the clock face was really the goal all along.
Hope this helps someone!
So, I recently upgraded my dash to the proper Rallye Gauges in the Challenger.
After that, I realized that the Clock never did keep time, which seemed really irritating to me, since I bought (and paid a lot of $$ for) brand new gauges. And, strangely, the clock knob seemed to get harder to turn, every time I tried to adjust/set the time on it.
I had the shop that ordered and installed the clock get a new one on warranty for me, which was an OER product. Thankfully, they honored the warranty and sent them a new clock.
The new one was - unfortunately - just as hard to turn as the old one and I was looking for a way to free that mechanism up, so that the clock would run and keep the proper time.
I had nothing to lose, so I removed the 3 clock hands, broke (cut) 2 of the 3 welds on the back of the faceplate, which allowed me to rotate the clock mechanism 180 degrees to get to the clock shaft. I put ONE drop of my favorite oil in the stem and VOILA! It freed up the shaft immediately!
So, I put 12V to the clock and set the time, and the damn thing ran for days and kept the proper time... I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT!
I suspect that all (or most) of you have never had these clocks run at the proper time, so I wanted to share the pics of what I did to the clock to fix it, and hopefully, some of you may want to do the same if your clocks are not keeping time. I don't know if this type of repair would apply to the clocks on the non Rallye gauges, but it might.
I realize that the repair I used to seal it back up (JB Weld) isn't the prettiest looking repair, but you'll never see it from the front of the gauges anyway, and being able to repair it without damaging the clock face was really the goal all along.
Hope this helps someone!
