# Nissan odometer gears **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** nissan, pickup\ **Created:** [May 9, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-odometer-gears/103755 "2017-05-09T17:55:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rotorpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@rotorpup](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rotorpup)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-odometer-gears/103755/1 "2017-05-09T17:55:16Z")
Does anyone know where I can get an odometer gear set and how to replace the gears on a 1997 Nissan pickup? ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-odometer-gears/103755/2 "2017-05-09T20:22:57Z")
You don’t replace odometer gears. You replace the instrument cluster. Do you really need the odometer that bad? Tester ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-odometer-gears/103755/3 "2017-05-09T20:27:21Z")
> [@Tester](#): > > Do you really need the odometer that bad? That is really a good question. You can just plan to change oil every 6 months and that should be sufficient . ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-odometer-gears/103755/4 "2017-05-10T01:55:44Z")
One caution, what you are planning on doing there may be illegal OP. It could affect the mileage shown on the dash display and therefore affects the car’s value. I don’t know that to be a fact, but some research on your part is probably in order first, if you want to do what you say. If I had that problem, and ignoring the legalities, I’d drop by the local auto-recycler yard and buy an instrument cluster from a compatible wrecked Nissan pickup. Either use the gears from it, or just install the whole cluster. ---
**Author:** ![rotorpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@rotorpup](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rotorpup)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-odometer-gears/103755/5 "2017-05-12T21:16:32Z")
Just wanted it to work, and to keep track of fuel mileage ---
**Author:** ![rotorpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@rotorpup](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rotorpup)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-odometer-gears/103755/6 "2017-05-12T21:17:53Z")
Don’t want ot change the mileage. Just want ot to work ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-odometer-gears/103755/7 "2017-05-12T21:21:23Z")
Then go the an auto recycler/U-PULL-R PARTS yard and get a used instrument cluster and replace the cluster. It won’t reflect the actual miles on the vehicle, but it’ll allow you to record miles again. Tester ---
**Author:** ![rotorpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@rotorpup](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rotorpup)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-odometer-gears/103755/8 "2017-05-15T13:41:55Z")
I guess that sounds like a plan. Now, just need to try to find one ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-odometer-gears/103755/9 "2017-05-15T16:45:09Z")
Go to Ebay…OD clusters with lower miles are a big commodity items there. Gee I wonder why people want to buy an OD that reads lower miles? ---
**Author:** ![rotorpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@rotorpup](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rotorpup)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-odometer-gears/103755/10 "2017-05-15T19:22:23Z")
Don’t want to show lower miles, just want the odometer to work. it has 130,000 miles which is pretty good for a 20 year old truck. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-odometer-gears/103755/11 "2017-05-15T23:03:13Z")
A co-worker bought a used cluster off Ebay for their Honda because the speedo didn’t work. They stopped by and had me install it. You should of seen the look on their face when it didn’t work! I got one from a local U-PULL, installed it, and it worked! Always buy used parts locally. Tester ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-odometer-gears/103755/12 "2017-05-16T03:41:13Z")
The number of miles on the replacement shouldn’t be an issue. By '97 I believe every vehicle manufactured for the common man had gone to electronic instrument clusters, wherein the total mileage is kept in the ECU and not the instrument itself. Change the cluster and the total miles will be exactly what they were on the old odometer. The good news is that these clusters are far easier to replace than the old type. I can remember the frustration of disconnecting the old speedo cables to change cables on the old cars/trucks. I had to do this even to change the instrument cluster pea bulbs in my '79 pickup. I had to disconnect the cable at the tranny, and pull it up partly at the cluster to get sufficient access to the back of the cluster to disconnect it and remove the cluster… necessary to access the bulbs. It was a real pain. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 4:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-odometer-gears/103755/13 "2017-05-16T04:36:57Z")
> [@the\_same\_mountainbik](#): > > By '97 I believe every vehicle manufactured for the common man had gone to electronic instrument clusters, wherein the total mileage is kept in the ECU and not the instrument itself. Change the cluster and the total miles will be exactly what they were on the old odometer. What is the purpose of odometer gears in a cluster with an LED or LCD odometer display? ---
**Author:** ![rotorpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@rotorpup](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rotorpup)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 11:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-odometer-gears/103755/14 "2017-05-17T11:38:13Z")
This cluster doesn’t have LED or LCD display. The gears are for resetting the trip odometer but also makes the regular odometer numbers turn. ---
**Author:** ![rotorpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@rotorpup](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rotorpup)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 11:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-odometer-gears/103755/15 "2017-05-17T11:40:37Z")
I remember taking the cable out of an old MG and lubing the cable to keep it from making a rubbing type noise. ---
**Author:** ![rotorpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@rotorpup](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rotorpup)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 11:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-odometer-gears/103755/16 "2017-05-17T11:42:55Z")
Finding a cluster with working gears might be tricky. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-odometer-gears/103755/17 "2017-05-18T01:58:45Z")
The cluster in your truck has no speedo cable. It’s driven electronically. But it’s an analog cluster. And the gears wear out. On my 95 Nissan pickup, every once in-a-while the speedo stops working. I just slap the top of the dash and it works again. Tester ---
**Author:** ![rotorpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@rotorpup](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rotorpup)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 11:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-odometer-gears/103755/18 "2017-05-18T11:52:12Z")
The speedo works. It’s just the odomter and the trip meter that dosn’t work.