Removing Tach needle

[Chaosratt]

How do you remove it without breaking it? I applied a little pressure with a screw driver to pry it off, but I'm afraid to do more.

 

[deeptekkie]

(Yeah, I know what you mean. Mine scares me to death sometimes too!)
All seriousness aside, I have NEVER had any luck removing any type of needle off of any gage, (except some industrial ones). I think they must be married for life!
Good luck. (If you succeed would you let us know?)

 

[Ryan T]

How do you remove it without breaking it? I applied a little pressure with a screw driver to pry it off, but I'm afraid to do more.

I got to ask the question, why are you removing the tach needle?

 

[Jblk9695]

See if you can find a mini gear puller at the local hobby shop, looks like a shaft spacer with one side milled down to create an opening for the pinon shaft or the shaft of your tach, has a screw on the other side with a turned down end to fit inside the hole in the pinon, should fit your tach shaft and if not you can chuck the screw in a drill motor and file it a little smaller.

Jerry

 

[Chaosratt]

I got to ask the question, why are you removing the tach needle?

Changing the color of the LEDs under the LCD, figured why not under the tach too?

@jblk9695 If its going the be that much of a big deal then I'll just leave it be, not going to risk permanent damage on a perfectly working tach just to change its color.

 

[Jblk9695]

Changing the color of the LEDs under the LCD, figured why not under the tach too?

@jblk9695 If its going the be that much of a big deal then I'll just leave it be, not going to risk permanent damage on a perfectly working tach just to change its color.

Unfortunately it is a little difficult to get the needle off without bending the shaft, probably best if you do leave it in place

Jerry

 

[RJ2112]

Unfortunately it is a little difficult to get the needle off without bending the shaft, probably best if you do leave it in place

Jerry

+1, 'if it ain't broke......'

 

[Chaosratt]

Hm, I had hoped that there was some secret removal technique, like some cars you can spin the needle around a few times and it pops off, or a magical angle that would allow it to just pull out.
Oh Well, needle can stay red. Rest of the LCD is white now.

 

[FrankieOC82]

Hey, sorry to resurrect a somewhat dead thread, but I'm curious about changing the lights/color of the LCD screen.

I'm getting tired of the weak, green backlight - reminds me of my old Gameboy from back in the day. I mean, sure, the Gameboy was ridiculously awesome....in 1989. C'mon, you'd think Yamaha could've stepped it up a bit from 80's technology for the FZ6!!!

Is it a pain in the a$$ or relatively easy (for someone who has some soldering experience)?

Any suggestions/walkthrough or pics of the final product? Thanks!