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Is a speedometer and odometer dependent on each other to calculate mileage?
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A gear in the transmission drives a flexible mechanical shaft that provides the rotary motion to the speedometer. It drives a dial gear that rotates with numbers 0-9 on it. This dial gear rotates the next one to the left one digit for every complete revolution it makes. This sequence repeats for all the digits.
The speedometer uses a magnet that is spun by the flexible shaft. It rotates inside an aluminum cup. The rotation creates eddy currents in the cup that apply a torque to the cup. The cup is restrained by a spring so the angular deflection is proportional to the speed of rotation of the shaft. A pointer attached to the cup indicates the speed on a dial.
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Does speedometer reading being off affect true gas mileage calculation?
If the speedometer is not accurate, the odometer is probably not either. If you do not know how far you have driven, you can not calculate mileage with any certainty.If the speedometer is not accurate, the odometer is probably not either. If you do not know how far you have driven, you can not calculate mileage with any certainty.
How one can get a mileage from a vehicle like a car?
Read it from the odometer - a total mileage recorder usually on the speedometer dial.
What is wrong with a 1993 S10 Blazer when speedometer works but trip mileage and odometer do not work How do I repair?
Broken tooth in speedometer head. Replace speedometer head
How do you reset the mileage odometer on a 2000 ford focus?
Contact the dealer or a local speedometer shop. Changing the mileage may be a federal crime.
Where is the mileage read on CR-V?
It should appear in the little window at the bottom of the speedometer dial. Next to it there should be a push switch to change from odometer mileage to "trip" mileage.
Replacing instrument cluster how do you reset odometer to match actual miles on car?
You can get a Federally approved form from DMV to record actual mileage and keep with vehicle and just add that mileage the accumulated mileage on the new speedometer
Speedometer stopped working on 1993 Toyota Camry?
There are a few reasons that could cause the speedometer to stop working on your Toyota Camry. If the mileage is still working then the speedometer cable end is damaged. If both the odometer and speedometer do not work then the cable is most likely broken.
What is the formula used to calculate the total annual mileage for a truck?
The exact mileage per year is the odometer reading at the end of the year minus the odometer reading at the beginning of the year. If you don't have the odometer reading from the beginning of the year, the next best thing is to subtract an older odometer reading from the reading at the beginning of the year, then divide the difference by the number of years between readings. Without any odometer readings from the past, the best you can do is to calculate the average annual mileage over the life of the truck, which is the current odometer reading divided by the truck's years of service.
Does changing the tire height affect anything?
It will effect the accuracy of the speedometer and odometer, effect the transmission shift points, effect the fuel mileage, effect the brake horse power,
Motor Scooter Speedometer and Odometer accuracies If the speed is known to be off by a certain percentage is it safe to assume that the mileage would be off by the same amount?
yes as they work together
When changing the speedometer cluster out on a 2006 cobalt LT Does the mileage transfer over to the new cluster?
Mileage is stored in the PCM, so regardless if you change the cluster out for a new one or the sports package, it'll show the correct odometer reading
How do you correct the odometer when the body control module is replaced?
If the bcm stores the odometer mileage, you need to get one that has the correct mileage in it.
