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I have a 2013 GS350 and my analog clock hasn’t worked in over 5 years. I saw a thread on here that fixed a fast running clock by glueing the magnet to the gear but nothing for a clock that isn’t running. Found this video on YouTube and decided to give it a try before caving in and buying a new clock. Needless to say, it got my clock running again. Hope it helps someone with the same issue.
After repairing the solder joints clock stopped working again. Tried the fix that a few members discussed on here. Decided to throw a few photos while I had the clock opened.
For reference...the white gear has a white shaft that slides into the round black piece. The black piece is a magnet. I used construction adhesive since it's what I had laying around. Put some adhesive on the shaft and back side of the gear and slid the gear back to to magnet. Let all that cured. There's a thin white washer...mine was stuck on the back side of the cover. Make sure it stays there. Once everything cured, put it all back. My clock started working again!!! Woohoo!!! White washer. These 2 pieces were loose. Thats what got glued together. Good ole gorilla glue What it looks like before you unclip the 3 clips to open up the back of the magnet and gear. To get the magnet and gear out, i faced it downward and tap a few times and it slid out. Double check you didnt lose the white washer.
Instead of glue, I used paper. Didn't wish to permanently glue in case it didn't solve the problem. I put a tiny piece of paper inside the magnet so the friction held the two pieces together. It's been 24 hrs and the clock has held perfect time. Will update if the clock stops working correctly.
Instead of glue, I used paper. Didn't wish to permanently glue in case it didn't solve the problem. I put a tiny piece of paper inside the magnet so the friction held the two pieces together. It's been 24 hrs and the clock has held perfect time. Will update if the clock stops working correctly.
Hope that did the trick for you. My clock is still in time since the fix. Only complain I have is that that hour arm is off a bit. Like if it's 9 oclock...the minute arm is correct but the hour arm is a little below the 9. Drives me nuts but atleast it's running I suppose.
Hope that did the trick for you. My clock is still in time since the fix. Only complain I have is that that hour arm is off a bit. Like if it's 9 oclock...the minute arm is correct but the hour arm is a little below the 9. Drives me nuts but atleast it's running I suppose.
My experience with other clocks showed the hands held on to a shaft with a pressure fit and the hands could be moved with your finger to in this case properly align with your number nine.
After repairing the solder joints clock stopped working again. Tried the fix that a few members discussed on here. Decided to throw a few photos while I had the clock opened.
For reference...the white gear has a white shaft that slides into the round black piece. The black piece is a magnet. I used construction adhesive since it's what I had laying around. Put some adhesive on the shaft and back side of the gear and slid the gear back to to magnet. Let all that cured. There's a thin white washer...mine was stuck on the back side of the cover. Make sure it stays there. Once everything cured, put it all back. My clock started working again!!! Woohoo!!!
White washer. These 2 pieces were loose. Thats what got glued together.
Good ole gorilla glue
What it looks like before you unclip the 3 clips to open up the back of the magnet and gear.
To get the magnet and gear out, i faced it downward and tap a few times and it slid out. Double check you didnt lose the white washer.
Analog Clock Fix
Clock fix
