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Old May 9, 2009 | 08:42 PM
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i've read something about the needles sticking, and i'm not sure when is it going to happen to me. i want to know how to prevent it from sticking. because my car is used, if so does anyone know where to buy a aftermarket one? i dont really like the greeenish glow to them. and if i can, can i put a third gen cluster in?
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??? you gotta be a little more specific..
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okay, well i read up some problems the gs300 clusters have, that over a certain amount of hours the needles will become slow and "sticky" because of the grease or what lexus put in the clusters. i wanted to know how to prevent this from happening, do i open it up and clean it or put washers in or something? If not i would love to put in the third gen speedo.

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okay, well i read up some problems the gs300 clusters have, that over a certain amount of hours the needles will become slow and "sticky" because of the grease or what lexus put in the clusters. i wanted to know how to prevent this from happening, do i open it up and clean it or put washers in or something? If not i would love to put in the third gen speedo.
I dont know about that issue to much, my car is a 98' with 165 on the clock, and I never had any issues with the cluster needles sticking or anything like that. maybe some one else on here can elaborate on that.
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Old May 11, 2009 | 05:03 PM
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oh thats great to hear now i dont have to worry about it as much, since you have 165 i hope some people have bad luck and some much better
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my es300 needles flickered and slowly got stuck but havent heard of a gs doing this...
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oh, i read about this somewhere i forgot, but i was wondering if anyone had first hand experience and what did you do. but thanks
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havent heard of this for the gs series but im sure its possible. hope your not the first...
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