Odometer repair diy, or send it out?

[zentoed]

The odometer recently stopped working on the 500E.
My inital search of the topic reveals this (older) post:

Odometer repair | Electrical, CAN and Wiring

In case your odometer ever needs repair (the gears inside the odo tend to crumble with age), there is a source for replacement gears, and you can repair the odo yourself. The company is called: Odometer Gears, Ltd. 72 Croatian Road Newport News, VA 23606 (757) 593-3478 sales@odometergears.com...

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in which Gerry lists a source for odometer gears and instructions on how to repair them.
Then it reveals this (later) post:

Tranny/odometer cable | Transmission and Driveline

I had the tranny go out on my car recently and had it rebuilt. However, I immediately noticed that the odometer stopped working despite the speedometer being fine. We had the car on the lift last night and all the cables seem to be connected just fine, although I have to be suspicious that...

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in which Dave reccomends rebuilders and no mention of diy repair.

Are two of my heros in disagreement on this?

It seems that odometergears.com is still around and supplying the required gears. Has rebuilding fallen out of favor?
I have had speedos and tachs rebuilt at both North Hollywood and Palo Alto rebuilders in the past with great results, but would not mind repairing at home if others have had good results.

Any recent feedback out there that I have missed?

 

[gsxr]

I updated the old post - if the speedo works fine and the odo is dead, you can most likely replace the gears yourself. Details, tooth counts, and vendor info are all in this thread:

HOW-TO: Replacing Odometer Gears | "HOW-TO" Tutorial Articles

Moderator edit: See post #59 (click here) for additional step-by-step instructions. I did this job last night. It took about 20 minutes to get the instrument cluster out of the car and would have taken even less had I known I didn't have to unplug everything. All I had to do was unscrew the...

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Thanks for finding the old post! Info changes over the years, it's always good to update with the latest scoop...

 

[zentoed]

Thanks for pointing me to the latest info.
I promise to update my searching skills so I can find this stuff on my own in the future